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Pecan, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Gaines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39851. It stands on Waukeefriskee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coleman quadrangle.

Pecan within Clay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Pecan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 801 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 burning54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
4 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CLAY-001
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CLAY001
11 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAY-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pecan: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pecan in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindPecan-Large tree limbs were blown down on Highway 37 at Powell Dairy Road and blocked the road.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindPecan-Trees were blown down along Highway 37.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Jones Crossing1.1 miles7
Bethel3.2 miles7
Fort Gaines3.6 miles8
Zetto4.4 miles7
Oketeyeconne (historical)4.7 miles7
Bellville5.8 miles7
Days Crossroads6.2 miles7
Watson Crossroads6.3 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326461. 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.