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Meadowdale, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31069. It stands on Bay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry West quadrangle.

Meadowdale within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Meadowdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 747 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 24 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 burning142
Equipment and vehicle use51
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural10
Smoking10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021HOUSTON002
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HOUSTON-004
13 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HOUSTON-006
11 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Meadowdale: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Adel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Perry Quarry No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Epps MineKaolinPast Producer
R. Epps MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Houston 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Neal0.7 miles9
Bonners Camp1.6 miles11
Moss Oak1.7 miles9
Perry2.5 miles11
Oak Knolls3.1 miles9
Devonwood4.2 miles11
Fox Ridge Estates4.8 miles11
Grove Park5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332363. 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.