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Lea Glen, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31069. The Survey maps it on the Perry East quadrangle.

Lea Glen within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Lea Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 846 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 34 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 burning133
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural13
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony7

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
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-008
11 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HOUSTON-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lea Glen: 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin, Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Clinchfield Mine & Cement MillClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clinchfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Clinchfield QuarryIronOccurrence
Perry Quarry & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Bear Creek Road QuarryKaolinOccurrence
Clinchfield MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kathleen QuarryKaolinProducer
Perry Quarry No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Devonwood1.3 miles11
Pabst2.4 miles11
Fox Ridge Estates2.6 miles11
Clinchfield2.9 miles11
Sand Bed3.0 miles11
Perry3.2 miles11
Willow Run3.4 miles11
Houston Lake3.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122550906The 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 1671712. 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.