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McIntosh, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hinesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31320. The Survey maps it on the Hinesville quadrangle.

McIntosh within Liberty County

On record in McIntosh

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

497 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 497 fires within 5 miles of McIntosh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,507 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 186 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 burning233
Arson/incendiarism186
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020LIBERTY006
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McIntosh: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Titanium. 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
Cumberland Island DepositMolybdenum, TitaniumProspectSurface

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
Martins (historical)2.2 miles18
Doe Run Estates3.1 miles18
Flemington3.2 miles18
Tupelo Trail3.2 miles18
Cinder Hill3.3 miles18
Fraser Acres3.6 miles18
Garden Acres3.7 miles18
Sandy Run3.8 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on McIntoshAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65082764The 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 332352. 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.