Terrell, 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 31020. It stands on Donnan Branch. The Survey maps it on the Macon East quadrangle.

Terrell within Bibb County

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.

1956 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1956 USGS Macon East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

680 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 680 fires within 5 miles of Terrell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,751 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 106 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 burning	311
Arson/incendiarism	106
Equipment and vehicle use	56
Railroad operations and maintenance	52
Misuse of fire by a minor	42
Smoking	41
Natural	28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Recreation and ceremony	18

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-TWIGGS-011
6 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-TWIGGS-006
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Smoking	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1996	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-TWIGGS-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Terrell: 22 past producers, 12 producers, 6 occurrences. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Fullers Earth Mine	Fullers Earth	Past Producer
General Reduction Co. Mine	Kaolin, Aluminum	Past Producer
Nord Kaolin Company	Clay, Kaolin	Occurrence
Franklinton Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Alluvium
Burns Mine	Clay	Producer
Dry Branch Mill	Clay	Producer
Georgia Kaolin Company.	Clay	Occurrence
J.M. Huber	Clay	Occurrence
Sam Hall and Sons	Clay	Occurrence

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Franklinton	1.1 miles	14
Thornton Heights	1.2 miles	14
Wheeler Heights	2.3 miles	14
Whispering Pines	2.3 miles	14
Lanier Heights	2.6 miles	14
Crystal Springs	2.7 miles	14
East Macon	2.7 miles	14
Smithsonia	2.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672311. 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.