Parker, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Culloden-Bolingbroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31210. It stands on Tobler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macon NW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Parker within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

1956 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Macon NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Parker (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,107 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 26 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 burning	188
Arson/incendiarism	26
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Misuse of fire by a minor	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Recreation and ceremony	9
Natural	8
Smoking	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-MONROE-004
21 September 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe 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 Parker (historical): 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	L D Owen Prospect	Mica	Prospect
	Macon Plant #21 & Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dames Ferry	4.6 miles	11
Bolingbroke	4.9 miles	12
Smarr	9.3 miles	10
Percale	10.2 miles	13
Juliette	11.4 miles	13
Maynard	11.6 miles	14
Star Mills	11.9 miles	14
Bamah (historical)	12.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343087. 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.