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McGraw Manor, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Fort Benning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31905. It stands on Wortley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

McGraw Manor within Muscogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of McGraw Manor between 1992 and 2018, burning about 229 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking5
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2

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
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Natural11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of McGraw Manor: 10 producers, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, 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
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Cilla MineClayProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Brown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Custer Road Terrace1.2 miles26
Benning Hills1.2 miles26
City View Heights1.4 miles26
Esquiline (historical)1.4 miles26
Sand Hill1.5 miles26
Battle Park1.7 miles26
Levy1.8 miles26
Esquiline Heights1.8 miles26

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 Q122594263The 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 357419. 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.