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Nankipooh, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31909. The Survey maps it on the Fortson quadrangle.

Nankipooh within Muscogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Nankipooh between 1992 and 2016, burning about 549 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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
Arson/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning29
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3

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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MUSCOGEE-002
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
2 September 1997Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Arson/incendiarism10.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Smoking2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARRIS-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee 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 Nankipooh: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Barin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Columbus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Storms near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nankipooh in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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 2016Thunderstorm WindNankipooh$25,000The Muscogee County 911 center reported numerous, over 25, trees blown down across western portions of the county including 14 in the downtown Columbus area.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindNankipooh$15,000An amateur radio operator reported multiple trees and large limbs blown down, some on structures, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 27 and Old Moon Road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindNankipooh$3,000A few trees down on the north side of the city of columbus per em.
February 2024Flash FloodNankipooh-The broadcast media reported at least one foot of flowing water from Lindsey Creek covering both lanes of Effingham Way near Effingham Court. Radar estimates indicate 6 to 8 inches of rain quickly fell over the area, causing the flash flooding.
December 2021HailNankipooh-The public reported hail the size of quarters on Lloyd Road.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee 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
Highland Pines0.1 miles18
Fortson Terrace0.2 miles18
Victory Heights0.4 miles18
Timberdale0.4 miles18
Peppertree0.8 miles18
Spring Lake1.0 miles18
Lokey Estates1.2 miles18
Hillbrook Estates1.4 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122561200The 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 332464. 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.