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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.

Morganville within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

597 since 1992

Regional 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 burning250
Arson/incendiarism203
Equipment and vehicle use41
Railroad operations and maintenance39
Recreation and ceremony26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Other causes1

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 2016Debris and open burning4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-009
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-005
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DADE-018
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-DADE-003
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Frank Gillum ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
D. Martin's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 115, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Thunderstorm WindMorganville$50,000A 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 2019Thunderstorm WindMorganville$2,000The Dade County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Slygo Road.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMorganville$1,000Tree down near intersection of morganville ridge rd and hwy 11.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindMorganville$250The Dade county 911 center reported that a tree was blown down at Old Hales Gap.
May 2012HailMorganville-The public reported that nickel to quarter sized hail covered the ground just northwest of Morganville on Slygo Road.
April 2011HailMorganville-A trained storm spotter observed softball-sized hail in the northeast part of Dade county near Wildwood.

Every storm recorded in Dade 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 Brow2.2 miles26
New England2.3 miles26
Wildwood2.9 miles26
Hooker3.1 miles26
Trenton5.3 miles23
Avans6.0 miles25
Cole City6.2 miles25
Gass7.1 miles23

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.