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Union, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30752. It stands on Turner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.

Union within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

563 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 563 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,308 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 145 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 burning329
Arson/incendiarism145
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use30
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Natural1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE005
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-002
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-006
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-005
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Union: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Dimension. 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
Progressive Industries QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Phoenix Iron & Coal MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Sutton & Austin MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 37, 11th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

1 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2004Thunderstorm WindUnion$3,000The Dade County 911 center reported that several trees were blown down on Georgia Highway 11 between Union and Stewart Town.

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Tatum (historical)0.7 miles23
Gass1.8 miles23
Trenton2.0 miles23
Cedar Hill2.4 miles23
Stewart Town2.6 miles23
Avans3.0 miles25
Plum Nelly4.2 miles25
New England5.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333302. 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.