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Nixon, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Gracewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30906. It stands on Twiggs Dead River. The Survey maps it on the Mechanic Hill quadrangle.

Nixon within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Nixon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 680 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 85 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/incendiarism85
Debris and open burning59
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2

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
25 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-RICHMOND-003
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-RICHMOND-002
12 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2002Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nixon: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Highway 56 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Karleen Road Pit Vb James SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knox-Rivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Richmond County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nixon in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindNixon$48,000International Paper Emergency Manager reported structural damage at the plant due to intense winds.
June 2023HailNixon-Quarter size hail was reported by personnel at the Graphic Packaging International plant south of Bush Field.

Every storm recorded in Richmond 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
Goshen Plantation2.1 miles20
Tahoma2.4 miles20
Mechanic Hill2.7 miles20
Northview4.0 miles20
Westover4.4 miles21
Gracewood4.7 miles19
Apple Valley4.8 miles21
DeBruce5.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332506. 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.