BlockMount Pleasant, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39817. The Survey maps it on the Bainbridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
289 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,111 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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 | 212 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DECATUR-003 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR029 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR024 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DECATUR-015 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DECATUR018 |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-DECATUR-003 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Concrete Products | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Flint Mine No.2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rollins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Courthouse | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| West Bainbridge | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lynn | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Bainbridge | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ausmac | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Climax | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hanover | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Vada | 8.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332432. 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.