Juniper, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31801. It stands on Juniper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Geneva quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
272 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Juniper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,468 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 143 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TALBOT-002 |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TALBOT004 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-CHATTAHOOCHEE-001 |
| 22 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TALBOT011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Juniper in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | $150,000 | The Marion County 911 Center reported extensive and widespread damage to trees and power lines across the county. Several homes and business sustained minor to moderate damage from downed trees on the structures, especially within the city of Buena Vista. Over 12 roads were closed as a result of downed trees and power lines. |
| February 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | $25,000 | The Marion County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down along Highway 355 in the Box Springs area as well as wind damage to the roofs of a church and a home. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | $3,000 | The Marion County 911 center reported several trees blown down on roads around the intersection of Highway 355 and Dr. Brooks Road. |
| November 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Juniper | $2,500 | A NWS storm survey team found that the EF-1 tornado that touched down in Chattahoochee County crossed the northwest corner of Marion County. The tornado crossed into Marion County near County Road 65 and traveled northeast for around one half mile before it crossed Upatoi Creek into Talbot County. Maximum wind speeds were around 100 MPH with mainly damage to trees. [11/23/14: Tornado #3, County #2-3, EF1, Chattahoochee-Marion-Talbot, 2014:020]. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | $2,500 | The Marion County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines down across the northwest portion of the county. Some were blocking roads. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Juniper | $1,000 | The local broadcast media reported a tree blown down along Dr. Brooks Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oakland | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Blueville | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brantley | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Union | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tazewell | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Elmview | 15.3 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Juniper | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6313563 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332126. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








