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Mossy Dell, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Philema census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31763. It stands on White Oak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Leslie SE quadrangle.

Mossy Dell within Lee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Mossy Dell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 704 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 23 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 burning156
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural7
Smoking6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2002Arson/incendiarism13 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LEE-012
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning46 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020LEE005
25 September 2010Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-LEE-009
22 September 1994Arson/incendiarism8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-LEE-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mossy Dell: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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
Bauxite MineAluminumPast Producer
Dobson MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mossy Dell in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
March 2011Thunderstorm WindMossy Dell$1,500Trees were blown down along Highway 195. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMossy Dell$1,000A large tree was blown down along Mossy Dell Road.
August 2025Flash FloodMossy Dell-Flash flooding was reported on State Highway 32 in both directions near Mossy Dell Road with all lanes closed.
February 2024Flash FloodMossy Dell-GA-32 was reported flooded and closed at Graves Springs Road.
February 2024Flash FloodMossy Dell-Water was reported over the road at Mossy Dell Road at GA-32. The road was reported to be closed.
March 2020FloodMossy Dell-Water was reported over Highway 32 and Grave Springs Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindMossy Dell-Trees were blown down on New York Road between Mossy Dell Road and Raines Lane.
July 2018Flash FloodMossy Dell-Water was flowing over the road at Highway 32 and Mossy Dell Road.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMossy Dell-A few trees were down near Middle Road and State Road 32.

Every storm recorded in Lee 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
Starksville1.9 miles9
Leesburg3.6 miles10
Chehaw4.9 miles10
Jordan Place5.1 miles9
Philema5.1 miles10
Beloit6.3 miles10
Century6.3 miles10
Neyami6.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332426. 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.