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Montpelier, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Baldwin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31061. The Survey maps it on the Milledgeville quadrangle.

Montpelier within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Montpelier between 1992 and 2020, burning about 814 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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 burning164
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking14
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BALDWIN006
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BALDWIN-002
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2020Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BALDWIN006
30 September 1995Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Montpelier: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Midgeville Plant No. 1Fire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Baldwin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montpelier in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMontpelier$2,500The Baldwin County Sheriff's Office reported numerous trees down, especially near Highway 24 and Deepstep Road, Wavey Road, and Gordon Highway near the Baldwin-Wilkinson County line.

Every storm recorded in Baldwin 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
Black Spring1.2 miles15
Hardwick3.3 miles15
Milledgeville3.6 miles15
Allen Mill (historical)3.9 miles14
Underwood4.2 miles13
Carling (historical)4.3 miles15
Sandtown4.5 miles14
Harrisburg4.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345304. 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.