Union, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buena Vista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31803. The Survey maps it on the Glen Alta quadrangle.

Union within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1949 USGS Glen Alta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Buena Vista quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Glen Alta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,296 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 33 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	84
Arson/incendiarism	33
Natural	13
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Smoking	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

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
3 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021MARION004
3 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021MARION003
3 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021MARION002
23 September 2017	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-MARION-003
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-MARION-015
21 September 2001	Debris and open burning	4.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-CHATTAHOOCHEE-001
21 September 2001	Debris and open burning	3.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-CHATTAHOOCHEE-002
21 September 2001	Debris and open burning	2.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-CHATTAHOOCHEE-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion 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
Glen Alta	3.0 miles	13
Zellobee	3.6 miles	11
Brantley	3.9 miles	11
Elmview	4.3 miles	11
Berginville	4.8 miles	11
Buena Vista	6.3 miles	11
Pineville	6.4 miles	11
Blueville	8.6 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333300. 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.