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Noah, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wrens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30816. The Survey maps it on the Matthews quadrangle.

Noah within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Noah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 988 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 15 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 burning142
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking11
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burning3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JEFFERSON-009
26 September 2019Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020JEFFERSON010
26 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JEFFERSON005
14 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019BURKE008
14 September 2012Debris and open burning8.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-BURKE-011
6 August 2006Debris and open burning13 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Noah: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Iron. 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
Norton PitIronOccurrence
Wrens Mine Ga-Tenn MiningClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Matthews1.2 miles16
Padgett Crossing (historical)1.4 miles16
Stellaville3.0 miles16
Brinson Crossing3.9 miles16
Zebina5.0 miles16
Atwell5.2 miles16
Wrens5.6 miles16
Wrens Station6.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332507. 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.