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Thalean, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Americus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31719. The Survey maps it on the Lake Collins quadrangle.

Thalean within Sumter County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

267 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Thalean between 1992 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 15 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 burning143
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021SUMTER002
9 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-SUMTER-002
9 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-SUMTER-010
4 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-SUMTER-008
30 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-SUMTER-021
30 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020SUMTER017
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Thalean: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Anthony Dairy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Reeves Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Thalean in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindThalean$2,000Tree down on south Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd near Old Dawson Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindThalean$2,000A tree was reported down near the intersection of Hwy 49 and Fox Stephens Road.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindThalean$2,000The Sumter County 911 center reported trees blown down along Highway 49 at Dogwood Drive and Arch Helms Road.
December 2014Heavy RainThalean-COCORAHS observer reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 3.60 inches.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
New Point2.6 miles8
Maddox3.1 miles10
Croxton Crossroads4.4 miles7
Americus4.9 miles8
Sumter Homes5.1 miles8
Sumter5.2 miles7
Plains5.4 miles8
Northside Homes5.9 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122539989The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333210. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.