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Morgan, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bremen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30110. The Survey maps it on the Temple quadrangle.

Morgan within Haralson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

339 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 339 fires within 5 miles of Morgan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,033 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 127 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 burning151
Arson/incendiarism127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3

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
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-007
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haralson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Morgan: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Manganese, Iron. 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
Reeds Mountain MineSulfur, IronPast Producer
Reeds Mt. MineIron-PyritePast ProducerVein
Treadway ProspectMicaProspect
J.W. Thomason's PropertyGoldOccurrenceStream Placer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
W.M. Raburn PropertyManganeseOccurrence1919
Westbrook PropertyManganeseOccurrence1919
Ada Mrs W M Raburn ProspectSulfurOccurrence
J Humphrey ProspectSulfurOccurrence
W M Raburn ProspectSulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in Haralson County

Storms near this place

4 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morgan in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMorgan$10,000The Haralson County Emergency Manager reported around a dozen trees blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMorgan$2,000Report of tree on mobile home near intersection of Center Point Rd and Mangham Rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMorgan$1,000A tree and power line were downed on Liberty Church Rd near Zion Church Rd.
June 2001HailMorgan-An amateur radio operator reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Haralson 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
West Bremen4.0 miles16
Bremen4.2 miles15
Draketown5.7 miles16
Waco6.6 miles15
Piney Woods7.0 miles16
Buchanan7.2 miles16
Tabernacle7.8 miles16
Budapest8.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326405. 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.