McKinney, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Thomaston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Red River. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle.

McKinney within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

471 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 471 fires within 5 miles of McKinney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,333 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 56 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	286
Arson/incendiarism	56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	32
Equipment and vehicle use	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	30
Recreation and ceremony	16
Natural	14
Smoking	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON002
4 September 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-UPSON-011
4 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-UPSON-007
29 September 2019	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON013
29 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of McKinney: 9 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
B S Gibson Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Bennie Barron Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Bentley Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Corley Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Corley Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Emmit Trice Prospect	Mica	Prospect
F M Thompson Property	Mica	Prospect
J.A.Partridge Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Partridge Mine	Mica	Past Producer
R.S.Gibson Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Upson 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
Paynes Mill	1.6 miles	12
Blacksboro (historical)	1.7 miles	12
Delray	1.9 miles	12
East Thomaston	2.8 miles	12
Hannahs Mill	3.1 miles	12
Silvertown	3.1 miles	12
Thomaston	3.2 miles	12
The Rock	3.8 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332354. 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.