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Massey Hill, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31031. The Survey maps it on the Massey Hill quadrangle.

Massey Hill within Wilkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Massey Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,277 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 50 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 burning147
Arson/incendiarism50
Smoking38
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance6

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
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-006
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism56 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism24 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Massey Hill: 17 producers, 16 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free, Clay. 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
Gordon PitClayOccurrence
Hardie MineFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Sandersville-MaconAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1902, 1961
Columbia MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Fitzpatrick MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Anglo-American Wilkinson MineKaolinProducer
Brooks Mine Pit AKaolinProducer
Brooks Mine Pit BKaolinProducer
Cannon MineKaolinPast Producer
Crosby No. 3 MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wilkinson 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
Gordon1.7 miles10
Lewiston3.9 miles10
Brooks3.9 miles10
Ivey4.4 miles10
Clayfields5.1 miles9
Dedrich6.2 miles13
Edgars7.2 miles13
Carr Corners (historical)7.7 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122542142The 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 326390. 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.