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Marion, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Twiggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31044. It stands on Turvin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marion quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.

Marion within Twiggs County

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

422 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 422 fires within 5 miles of Marion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,131 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 burning228
Arson/incendiarism63
Equipment and vehicle use53
Smoking26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural6

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 burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-TWIGGS-003
9 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning58 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twiggs County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Marion: 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
AndersonvilleAluminumUnknownResidual
Bauxite Sw GeorgiaAluminumOccurrenceKaolinite
Huber MineKaolinProducer
Huber Mine 20, Pit AKaolinProducer
Huber Mine 30KaolinPast Producer
Huber Mine 36KaolinProducer
Jefferson MineKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Twiggs 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
Bullard3.9 miles11
Mount Calvary4.4 miles10
Ripley4.5 miles11
District Path4.6 miles10
Jeffersonville5.1 miles11
Fitzpatrick6.0 miles11
Mount Olive6.0 miles10
Huber6.9 miles11

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MarionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65083060The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326386. 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.