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Mayhaw, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mayhaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39837. The Survey maps it on the Lucile quadrangle.

Mayhaw within Miller County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Mayhaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,156 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 26 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking11
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1995Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MILLER-003
29 September 2016Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-EARLY-017
25 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MILLER-008
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019EARLY002
20 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-EARLY-015

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Miller County

Storms near this place

18 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayhaw in 18 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1997Tornado (F1)Mayhaw$300,000Several F1 tornado touchdowns in southern Miller County. Felled 24" diameter pines damaged a mobile home on Mayhaw Road. One home heavily damaged and nearby boat, camper and chicken house destroyed. Many power lines down countywide.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$25,000Trees fell on a house on Mayhaw Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Miller county.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$5,000Scattered trees were blown down along Spring Head Road, Phillipsburg Road, Highway 91 at Big Drain Creek, and Cooktown Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$5,000A roof was blown off a shelter. Reported by the Miller County Sheriff.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$4,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$3,000Power lines were blown down in western Miller county.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$2,000Trees were blown down on Womble Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$2,000A house was damaged along Grady-Cobb Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
February 2014Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$1,000A tree was blown down on 3 Notch Road as well as Mayhaw.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$1,000Downed trees reported by the Miller County EMA.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$500One tree was blown down on Joe Shingler Road with no other damage reported in the area.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindMayhaw$500Several downed trees reported by the Miller County EMA.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMayhaw-A tree was blown down west of Highway 27.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindMayhaw-A tree was blown down onto Womble Road.
July 2004HailMayhaw-Penny size hail reported by the Miller County EMA.
July 2002HailMayhaw-Quarter size hail reported by the Miller County Sheriff.
June 2002HailMayhaw-Dime size hail reported by the Miller County EMA.

Every storm recorded in Miller 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
Joe Shingler (historical)2.8 miles8
Horns Cross Road (historical)4.1 miles8
Enterprise4.5 miles8
Dozier (historical)6.2 miles8
Floydtown (historical)6.4 miles8
Colquitt7.5 miles8
Spooner (historical)7.6 miles8
Corea8.8 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326391. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.