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Martindale, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trion quadrangle.

Martindale within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

463 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 463 fires within 5 miles of Martindale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,088 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 129 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 burning272
Arson/incendiarism129
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-009
6 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker 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 Martindale: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Armington MineAluminumPast Producer
Hawkins MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Justice DepositAluminum, IronProspect
Shinbone Ridge Area-CIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Guild (historical)1.3 miles25
Walnut Grove1.4 miles25
Oakton1.8 miles19
Mount Carmel2.8 miles25
Waterville2.9 miles20
Center Post2.9 miles19
Blaylock Mill3.1 miles25
Bronco3.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332325. 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.