Moran, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Culloden-Bolingbroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31066. The Survey maps it on the Moran quadrangle.

Moran within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1956 USGS Bolingbroke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Moran quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Moran between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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	12
Natural	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Smoking	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
7 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-CRAWFORD-011
11 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021CRAWFORD002
24 August 2007	Natural	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1995	Smoking	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 August 1992	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 2007	Natural	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 August 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 July 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Moran: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. 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
	Forsyth Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bamah (historical)	2.2 miles	10
Spring Hill (historical)	2.6 miles	10
Dyas	3.5 miles	10
Russellville	4.9 miles	10
Culloden	8.6 miles	10
Strouds	8.7 miles	10
Bolingbroke	9.7 miles	12
Smarr	9.8 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332416. 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.