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Pinetucky, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wadley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30477. It stands on Maple Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wadley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pinetucky within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Pinetucky (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 10 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 burning127
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor4

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
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JEFFERSON-008
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JOHNSON-019
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JEFFERSON-011
16 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-EMANUEL-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Wadley5.3 miles8
Cunningham Corner5.7 miles7
Bartow5.9 miles8
Moxley8.9 miles8
Pine Hill10.8 miles8
Old Town10.8 miles7
Aldreds10.9 miles8
Almira11.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345750. 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.