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Magruder, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Midville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30441. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Corner quadrangle.

Magruder within Burke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Magruder between 1992 and 2018, burning about 736 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism17
Natural7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-JEFFERSON-003
4 September 2013Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BURKE-001
21 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2001Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-JEFFERSON-008
15 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-BURKE-006
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-025
24 August 1993Arson/incendiarism73 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burke County

Storms near this place

10 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Magruder in 10 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2024Flash FloodMagruder$5,000Hwy 305 was closed from Vidette to Midville due to flooding. Floodwaters pushed a vehicle off the roadway.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindMagruder$2,000Sheriff reported trees down on Hickson Road.
September 2015Thunderstorm WindMagruder$2,000Public reported a few small trees and large limbs down.
September 2024Flash FloodMagruder$1,000Burke County EM reported Hwy 305 near McGruder Rd washed out.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMagruder$500Burke County EMA reported a tree down on Hwy 56 at MM56 which is 15 miles SW of Waynesboro.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindMagruder-Burke county EM reported power lines down at highway 305 and Magruder Rd. Time estimated by radar.
May 2016HailMagruder-Fire Station number 8 reported quarter size hail.
April 2014Heavy RainMagruder-Dispatch reported minor flooding of low lying areas just northeast of Midville around Hwy 56.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindMagruder-EOC reported trees down.
May 2003HailMagruder-EOC reported 3/4 inch hail on hwy 305.

Every storm recorded in Burke 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
Scotts Corner3.7 miles7
Rosier4.0 miles7
Gertrude6.0 miles7
Number Ten (historical)6.0 miles7
Midville7.0 miles8
Vidette8.1 miles16
Drone10.3 miles16
Bellevue11.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326385. 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.

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.