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Tabernacle, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sandersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31082. The Survey maps it on the Tabernacle quadrangle.

Tabernacle within Washington 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Tabernacle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 8 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 burning109
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2018Debris and open burning6.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019WASHINGTON004
6 September 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Tabernacle: 21 prospects, 19 producers, 10 past producers, 1 occurrence. 20 still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Georgia Kaolin No 1 MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Thiel Kaolin Co MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Anglo-American MillClayPlant
Deepstep MineClayProducer
Veal MineClayProducer
Armstrong PitKaolinOccurrence
Avant Mine AKaolinProducer
Avant Mine BKaolinProducer
Bob Hodges ProspectKaolinProspect
Butts MineKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Brook Springs1.6 miles8
Kaolin4.2 miles11
Deepstep4.3 miles11
Hebron4.3 miles8
Goat Town4.7 miles11
Ennis5.4 miles8
Sandersville5.7 miles9
Tennille6.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333179. 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.