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Evelyn, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31525. The Survey maps it on the Darien quadrangle.

Evelyn within Glynn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Evelyn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,819 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 63 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism63
Debris and open burning60
Equipment and vehicle use26
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1992Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2008Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Natural14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glynn County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Evelyn: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North DarienTitaniumProspect

Every working recorded in Glynn County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Boys Estate0.1 miles15
Broadfield0.7 miles15
New Hope2.4 miles15
Marshes-of-Mackay3.5 miles15
Oglethorpe Manor3.7 miles15
Groveside Park4.1 miles17
North End4.3 miles15
Pennick4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331676. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.