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Sanders, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. It stands on Boggy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Macon East quadrangle.

Sanders within Bibb County

On record in Sanders

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Sanders between 1992 and 2019, burning about 522 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 42 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 burning105
Arson/incendiarism42
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Smoking22
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony7

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
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-TWIGGS-006
20 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Debris and open burning23 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sanders: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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
Pikes Peak Fuller's EarthFullers EarthPast ProducerCristobalite, Opal, Montmorillonite
Warner Robins Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burns Brick Co MineClayProducer
Burns MineClayProducer
Cherokee MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Lanier Heights1.7 miles14
Lakeside1.8 miles14
Bridgeman1.9 miles14
Cross Keys2.0 miles14
Macon2.1 miles14
Sunnydale Acres2.1 miles14
Morningside2.2 miles14
Wheeler Heights2.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672278. 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.