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Langdon, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Manchester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30293. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodbury quadrangle.

Langdon within Meriwether County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Langdon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 709 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 burning114
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2019Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MERIWETHER004
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MERIWETHER-008
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meriwether County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Langdon: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Granite. 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
Cedar Rock ProspectGraniteOccurrence
Snelson MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Meriwether 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
Betts0.8 miles22
Raleigh2.0 miles22
Persico2.1 miles22
Woodbury2.8 miles22
Johnson Crossroads3.0 miles22
McLendon Crossroads3.5 miles22
Routons Crossroads4.0 miles22
Snelsons Crossroads4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332183. 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.