McRae, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McRae-Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31055. The Survey maps it on the McRae quadrangle. 5,740 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 246 feet above sea level.
On record in McRae
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 3 records
Max and Emma Sue McRae Houselisted 2007
South Georgia College Administration Buildinglisted 1980
Telfair County Courthouse and Jaillisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Mc Rae quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
612 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 612 fires within 5 miles of McRae between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,240 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 104 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 | 324 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Natural | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-015 |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-TELFAIR-004 |
| 8 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of McRae: 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clegg Mine Jl Clegg Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flanders Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Holland Asphalt Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names McRae in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | $7,000 | Numerous trees were reportedly downed across the entire county. Several large tree limbs were knocked over in McRae, damaging at least one home. Thunderstorm winds also knocked several mobile homes off of their foundations. A batting cage at one High School was completely destroyed by winds. |
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | $5,000 | A single trailer was blown over by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | $500 | Thunderstorm winds knocked trees down on power lines. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | McRae | - | no account filed |
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.
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 McRae | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1282939 | The 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 317973. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





