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Lynn, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bainbridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39817. The Survey maps it on the Bainbridge quadrangle.

Lynn within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

392 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Lynn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,627 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 51 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 burning278
Arson/incendiarism51
Smoking20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-DECATUR-011
29 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR027
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR026
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR023
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Decatur County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lynn: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Flint Concrete ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flint Mine No.2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Floyd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reynolds PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Decatur County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynn in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLynn$5,000County dispatch reported numerous trees down all over Decatur county. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindLynn$2,000Trees were blown down around Flint River Heights Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindLynn-A tree was blown down onto Highway 253.

Every storm recorded in Decatur 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
Ausmac1.2 miles12
Hanover3.2 miles11
West Bainbridge4.2 miles12
Cyrene4.3 miles11
Eldorendo4.8 miles8
Bainbridge5.7 miles12
Mount Pleasant5.9 miles12
Brinson6.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332290. 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.