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Neal, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31069. The Survey maps it on the Perry West quadrangle.

Neal within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Neal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 874 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 21 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 burning151
Equipment and vehicle use47
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking11
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021HOUSTON002
5 September 1999Smoking126 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HOUSTON-004
13 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HOUSTON-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Neal: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Adel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Perry Quarry No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Epps MineKaolinPast Producer
R. Epps MineKaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Houston County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neal in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Thunderstorm WindNeal$15,000The Houston County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down around Perry. A tree was reported down on a home on Surrey Place. No injuries were reported.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNeal$5,000The Houston County 911 Center reported numerous trees down across the county.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNeal$3,000Emergency manager reported two trees and powerlines down on Orchard Rd.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindNeal$3,000The Houston County 911 center reported trees blown down from the Free Lake area to Henderson.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindNeal$2,000Large tree reported down on Toomer Road near intersection of GA-224.
June 2012HailNeal-The public reported that quarter sized hail fell near the 1100 block of Third Street in Perry.

Every storm recorded in Houston 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
Meadowdale0.7 miles9
Moss Oak1.6 miles9
Bonners Camp2.4 miles11
Perry3.3 miles11
Oak Knolls3.4 miles9
Devonwood4.9 miles11
Grove Park5.4 miles11
Fox Ridge Estates5.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332469. 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.