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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.

Juniper within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

272 since 1992

Regional 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 burning143
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking16
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TALBOT-002
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2019Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TALBOT004
5 September 1997Debris and open burning6.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-CHATTAHOOCHEE-001
22 September 2019Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TALBOT011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

6 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJuniper$150,000The 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 2019Thunderstorm WindJuniper$25,000The 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 2016Thunderstorm WindJuniper$3,000The Marion County 911 center reported several trees blown down on roads around the intersection of Highway 355 and Dr. Brooks Road.
November 2014Tornado (EF1)Juniper$2,500A 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 2013Thunderstorm WindJuniper$2,500The Marion County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees and power lines down across the northwest portion of the county. Some were blocking roads.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindJuniper$1,000The local broadcast media reported a tree blown down along Dr. Brooks Road.

Every storm recorded in Marion 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
Lancaster (historical)4.5 miles15
Oakland6.2 miles11
Blueville9.8 miles8
Five Points10.0 miles8
Brantley11.3 miles11
Union12.8 miles13
Tazewell13.5 miles8
Elmview15.3 miles11

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 JuniperAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6313563The 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.