Moniac, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31562. The Survey maps it on the Moniac quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Moniac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Moniac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Moniac quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Moniac quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Moniac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,592 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 05-02-BRENSON FIRE |
| 12 September 1999 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 05-02-BAXTER GRADE FIRE-1239 |
| 30 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moniac in 2 storm reports between 2002 and 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moniac | $10,000 | Many large trees down across power lines. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Moniac | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boggy | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Clarking | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saint George | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Toledo | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Stokesville | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stanley Landing | 19.1 miles | 11 | |
| Traders Hill | 20.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ferry Landing | 21.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332407. 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.







