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Munnerlyn, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waynesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30830. The Survey maps it on the Perkins quadrangle.

Munnerlyn within Burke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Munnerlyn House, Waynesboro, Burke County, GA
Munnerlyn House, Waynesboro, Burke County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

183 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Munnerlyn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,062 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 30 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 burning107
Arson/incendiarism30
Natural16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
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
4 September 2020Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BURKE008
3 September 2020Debris and open burning5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BURKE006
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BURKE009
29 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BURKE-018
19 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019BURKE009
18 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burke County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Munnerlyn in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash 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
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn$2,000Burke County dispatch reported several trees down south of Waynesboro on Porter Carswell and Rosier roads.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn$100Burke Co Fire Station #9 reported two very small trees were downed. Winds estimated to be less than severe. Time estimated but was after the small hail.
April 2023HailMunnerlyn$100Burke Co Fire Station #9 near Munnerlyn reported pea size hail. Time estimated.
May 2018Flash FloodMunnerlyn$100Burke Co Fire Stn 8 reported that Herndon Rd was flooded and impassable between Kelly Plantation Rd and Byne Sunshine Rd. Time estimated. Duration unknown.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn-Burke County dispatch reported a tree down at Porter Carswell Road and Drake Road. Time estimated by radar.
August 2024Flash FloodMunnerlyn-Burke County Emergency Management reported Herndon Road was closed with water running over the roadway 2 miles North of Byne Sunshine Road.
August 2024Flash FloodMunnerlyn-Burke County EM reported roadway flooded at the intersection of Drake Road and Highway 25 South.
March 2013HailMunnerlyn-Public reported quarter hail.
July 2012HailMunnerlyn-Public reported quarter size hail on Habersham Church Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn-Public reported a few large limbs down in the vicinity of Kelly Plantation Road. Pea size hail was also observed.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn-Highway Dept. reported seveal trees down on Herndon road.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn-Munnerlyn Fire Dept. reported trees down around the area.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn-Public reported trees down and 1/2 inch hail.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindMunnerlyn-EPD reported trees down.

Every storm recorded in Burke 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
Wilsons Store0.6 miles15
Bellevue3.5 miles8
Idlewood4.4 miles16
Thomas Station4.6 miles16
Asbury (historical)5.1 miles16
Old Church6.5 miles16
Alexander6.5 miles16
Hatchers Store6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326412. 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.

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.