Margie, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Armuchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. It lies near Turkey Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Plainville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Margie within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Plainville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Margie (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,329 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 63 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 burning	185
Arson/incendiarism	63
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Recreation and ceremony	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Natural	6
Smoking	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	3.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-FLOYD-021
28 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FLOYD-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd 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 Margie (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1	Clay	Past Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2	Clay	Past Producer
Plainville Area-A?		Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Floyd 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Rosedale	2.6 miles	17
Floyd Springs	2.9 miles	16
Warren	3.5 miles	17
Pinson	3.6 miles	19
Armuchee	3.8 miles	16
Nannie	4.0 miles	19
Green Acre	4.8 miles	18
Shannon	4.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353750. 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.