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Ligon, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Euharlee-Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30178. The Survey maps it on the Wax quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ligon within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

394 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Ligon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,108 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 194 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
Arson/incendiarism194
Debris and open burning130
Equipment and vehicle use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1998Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021FLOYD001
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Ligon (historical): 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
Ligon MineManganeseOccurrence1951
Strickland PropertyManganeseOccurrence1908
Vincent PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1908
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co.Iron, ManganeseProspect1919
Brannon ProspectAluminumProspect
Carroll ProspectAluminumProspect
Mcmakin MineIron, AluminumPast Producer
Sullins ProspectIron, AluminumOccurrence
Hodge Mining Co.MinesIronPast Producer1897, 1942
Iron Hill DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Ford (historical)2.5 miles18
Crossroads3.4 miles17
Euharlee4.3 miles18
Aylmer (historical)4.6 miles18
Woollys (historical)4.7 miles18
Murchisons (historical)5.0 miles18
Eves (historical)5.6 miles19
Kingston5.6 miles18

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 Ligon (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19986793The 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 334304. 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.