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Tyree, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30187. The Survey maps it on the Hulett quadrangle.

Tyree within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Tyree between 1992 and 2019, burning about 633 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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 burning78
Arson/incendiarism27
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Smoking3

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 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2019Natural2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CARROLL004
13 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CARROLL-005
18 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1996Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2012Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-CARROLL-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tyree: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron-Pyrite, Gold, Copper, Sulfur. 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
Keaten-Thomas ProspectIron-Pyrite, Gold, CopperOccurrenceGossan
Keaton-Thomas ProspectSulfurProspect
Villa Rica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Fairplay1.2 miles17
Hollis Heights1.3 miles17
Cheviot Hills1.4 miles17
Hannah2.1 miles17
Saint Andrews Country Club Estates2.1 miles17
Links of Leith2.2 miles17
McWhorter2.3 miles17
The Noles Estates2.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686577. 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.