BlockPennington, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Godfrey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30650. The Survey maps it on the Shady Dale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shady Dale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Pennington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 942 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MORGAN-002 |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pennington: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pennington in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2008: 2 hail, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pennington | $5,000 | The Morgan County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the southern portion of the county. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Pennington | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godfrey | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Aqua (historical) | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Reese | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Brownwood | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Dickson | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Centennial | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Beacon Heights | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Bethany | 7.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332637. 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.