Minnesota, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Doerun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31744. The Survey maps it on the Doerun quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Doerun quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Doerun quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Minnesota between 1992 and 2020, burning about 842 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 | 94 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minnesota in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota | $1,000 | Two trees were blown down on Hagin Still Road. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota | - | Trees were blown down on Highway 133N to the south of Doerun. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota | - | A tree was blown down near Highway 270 east of Doerun. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota | - | Four inch diameter tree branches were snapped. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Minnesota | - | Quarter size hail was reported just east of Doerun. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Minnesota | - | A spotter estimated wind gusts near 60 mph near Highway 270 and Highway 33. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Minnesota | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doerun | 0.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ticknor | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sigsbee | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Terrace (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| New Elm | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Schley | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hartsfield | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Marble (historical) | 7.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332401. 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.
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.





