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Linton, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Linton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31087. It stands on Little Tiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deepstep quadrangle.

Linton within Hancock County

On record in Linton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of Linton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,268 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 26 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 burning118
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural15
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 1993Debris and open burning2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremony9.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2020Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WASHINGTON002
19 September 1999Recreation and ceremony3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism100 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Arson/incendiarism7.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use20 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Linton: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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
W E Veal ProspectKaolinProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectAlluvium

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linton in 5 storm reports between 1994 and 2011: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindLinton$5,000Thunderstorm winds toppled several large pecan and hickory trees 2W of Linton. Between 30 and 40 homes were without power for at least three hours due to power lines downed by thunderstorm winds.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindLinton$1,500The Washington County Membership Cooperative reported that two large oak trees were down on power lines on Linton Road along the Hancock/Glascock county line east of Linton.
September 2011HailLinton-The Hancock County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of quarter-sized hail from just east-northeast of Beulah in the far south central part of the county.
June 2008HailLinton-A Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy observed quarter-sized hail in the southern part of Hancock county, north of Linton.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindLinton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Friendship3.2 miles14
Beulah3.8 miles13
Harpertown (historical)4.4 miles13
Zebulon4.7 miles13
Devereux8.4 miles13
Glenford (historical)10.0 miles10
Eureka (historical)10.4 miles10
Sandy Run10.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332222. 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.

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.