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Lewner, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ivylog census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30560. It lies near Chigger Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.

Lewner within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Lewner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 1 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 burning210
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceFERRON REESE
20 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceOWENBY
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-003
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-005
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-004
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lewner: 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 5 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Marble, Dimension, Iron, Gold. 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
Polk Patterson MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Collins PropertyIronProspect
Martin Mining PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Owenby PropertyIronProspect
Silvey PropertyIronProspect
StannickGoldProspectVein
TeagueGoldProspectVein
Arp PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Rapier Mill Creek DepositMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Union 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
Pearl0.7 miles23
Lance Mill0.8 miles23
Thomas Mill1.6 miles23
Ivylog5.3 miles23
Bethlehem5.3 miles23
Rogers (historical)7.6 miles23
Jones Creek7.7 miles23
Youngcane (historical)9.1 miles23

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 Q122598294The 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 332209. 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.