Morris, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Georgetown South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39867. It stands on Short Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morris quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Morris quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Morris between 1992 and 2019, burning about 713 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 83 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-QUITMAN-001 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RANDOLPH-009 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 6.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-QUITMAN-001 |
| 3 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Morris: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garner Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Springvale Bauxite District | Kaolin, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1916 |
Storms near this place
1 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Morris in 1 storm report in 1998: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Hail | Morris | $3,000 | Quarter sized hail was reported over eastern Quitman County around Morris. Report came through the Georgetown PD. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hatcher | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Union | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Georgetown | 10.6 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Morris | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6913563 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332421. 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.




