Maynard, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Forsyth quadrangle.

Maynard within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Maynard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 676 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 36 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	151
Arson/incendiarism	36
Equipment and vehicle use	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Smoking	14
Natural	6
Recreation and ceremony	4

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 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2019	Debris and open burning	17 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020MONROE002
17 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Maynard: 3 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Owl Hollow Prospect	Garnet	Prospect
Brooks Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Calloway Mine	Mica	Past Producer
New Ground Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Old Callaway Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Willie Bowdoin Mine	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Star Mills	2.7 miles	14
Forsyth	3.0 miles	14
Brighton Heights	3.4 miles	14
Brighton Mills	3.4 miles	14
Smarr	4.8 miles	10
Logwall	4.8 miles	14
Percale	5.5 miles	13
Juliette	6.0 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343069. 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.