BlockMayberry, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rentz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31075. It stands on Reedy Springs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rentz quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Rentz quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
669 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 669 fires within 5 miles of Mayberry (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,286 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 49 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 | 408 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 30 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LAURENS-044 |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021LAURENS023 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LAURENS-020 |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-LAURENS-002 |
| 4 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 48 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346581. 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.