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Stanley Landing, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. It stands on Stanley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Folkston quadrangle.

Stanley Landing within Charlton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Stanley Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,160 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 23 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 burning102
Natural56
Arson/incendiarism23
Equipment and vehicle use23
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Naturalunder an acreOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeCANAL ROAD
18 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRACY ROAD (45)
15 September 1993Natural27 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE RIDGE (45)
6 August 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-CHARLTON-006
5 August 2011Natural7.8 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeGA-28 (KNOCK OFF)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stanley Landing: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium. 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
Folkston ConcentratorREE, Titanium, Zirconium, ThoriumPast Producer
Humphreys Mining Co. - Boulogne MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsPast ProducerIlmenite, Rutile, Monazite, Zircon
Stuart Tract MineProducer
Trenncor MineProducer

Every working recorded in Charlton 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
Traders Hill1.7 miles11
Ferry Landing2.1 miles11
Oakdale5.0 miles11
Folkston5.4 miles11
Layton6.0 miles17
Pinehurst6.0 miles17
Camp Pinkney (historical)6.6 miles17
Paxton6.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326530. 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.