McLendon, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Blakely census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39823. The Survey maps it on the Blakely South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McLendon within Early County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Blakely South quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of McLendon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 34 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	185
Arson/incendiarism	34
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
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
30 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-EARLY-016
24 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Early 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
Centerville	2.6 miles	8
Lucile	3.4 miles	9
Cuba	4.1 miles	8
Luke	4.6 miles	9
Sawhatchee	4.7 miles	9
Rock Hill	5.5 miles	9
Hentown	5.5 miles	8
Blakely	6.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344920. 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.