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Loftin, 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 31816. It lies near Pigpen Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Woodbury quadrangle.

Loftin 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Loftin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 938 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 32 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 burning106
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking4

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 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TALBOT-007
8 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TALBOT-005
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TALBOT-009
29 September 2005Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder 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 Loftin: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, 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
G.B. Grant PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Warm Springs BauxiteKaolinPast Producer1910, 1915

Every working recorded in Meriwether County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Loftin in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
January 2017Thunderstorm WindLoftin$6,000The Meriwether County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down along Shirey Road, LL Revell Road and Cove Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLoftin$5,000Public reported several trees down near the intersection of Truitt St and River Rd, including one over the railroad near where it crosses River Rd.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindLoftin$1,000Public report of a tree down near the intersection of Amberwood Ln and GA-85.

Every storm 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
Johnson Crossroads1.1 miles22
Routons Crossroads1.9 miles22
Bulloch Crossroads2.0 miles22
Manchester2.1 miles22
Persico2.1 miles22
Chalybeate Springs2.2 miles22
Bussey Crossroads2.5 miles22
Bullochville (historical)3.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332255. 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.