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Shack, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Benning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31905. It lies near Riche Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fort Benning quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shack within Chattahoochee County

On record in Shack

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Shack (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 688 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning25
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

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
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-9
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190916-13
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
4 August 1998Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 July 2000Smoking3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattahoochee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Shack (historical): 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Clay. 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
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Cilla MineClayProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Brown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Woolfolk (historical)0.8 miles23
Fort Benning0.8 miles23
McDaniel Manor0.9 miles23
Kasihta (historical)2.4 miles23
Cottage Mills (historical)5.6 miles23
Ochillee6.4 miles25
Central Springs7.3 miles25
Jamestown8.7 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351063. 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.