Pennington, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Andersonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31711. The Survey maps it on the Pennington quadrangle.

Pennington within Sumter 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.

1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Pennington quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Pennington between 1992 and 2019, burning about 495 acres in total. 12 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 burning	82
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Natural	12
Arson/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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 2017	Debris and open burning	6.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-SUMTER-003
6 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-SUMTER-014
11 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-SUMTER-009
10 September 2016	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-SUMTER-008
10 September 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Pennington: 17 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Clay, Aluminum, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Hatton Mine	Aluminum, Ball Clay	Past Producer
Mullite Company of America	Kaolin, Aluminum	Occurrence	Weathering Residual
Mullite North Pit Lot 278	Clay, Aluminum	Past Producer
Wilburn Pit No 1	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Andersonville Bauxite District	Aluminum, Kaolin	Past Producer	SEDIMENTARY
Mulcoa Plant No 1	Aluminum, Kaolin	Past Producer
Sumter County Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Webb Pit No. M3	Clay	Past Producer
Harin and Aycock Properties	Aluminum, Kaolin	Prospect
Prospect	Kaolin, Aluminum	Prospect

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Methvins	3.4 miles	8
Andersonville	3.7 miles	7
New Era	4.1 miles	8
Arles	6.5 miles	8
Corinth (historical)	8.3 miles	8
Danville (historical)	8.9 miles	9
Northside Homes	9.1 miles	8
Sumter Homes	9.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326463. 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.