Morganville, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30757. It lies near Slygo Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
597 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 597 fires within 5 miles of Morganville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,730 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 203 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 | 250 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 203 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-009 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DADE-005 |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DADE-018 |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-DADE-003 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Morganville: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Frank Gillum Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| D. Martin's Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 115, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morganville in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morganville | $50,000 | A storm survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that strong straight-line winds, with gusts near 90 mph, had resulted in widespread downed trees in the northeast corner of the county between Morganville and Wildwood. Much of the damage was along Mason and Lambert Roads. Several homes sustained minor roof damage and two vehicles were also destroyed from downed trees. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morganville | $2,000 | The Dade County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Slygo Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morganville | $1,000 | Tree down near intersection of morganville ridge rd and hwy 11. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Morganville | $250 | The Dade county 911 center reported that a tree was blown down at Old Hales Gap. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Morganville | - | The public reported that nickel to quarter sized hail covered the ground just northwest of Morganville on Slygo Road. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Morganville | - | A trained storm spotter observed softball-sized hail in the northeast part of Dade county near Wildwood. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332417. 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.












