Union, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Georgetown North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39867. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.

Union within Quitman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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	71
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Recreation and ceremony	1

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
21 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-QUITMAN-001
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1999	Debris and open burning	6.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quitman County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Union: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum, Lead. 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
McKenzie Mine	Lead	Past Producer
Springvale Bauxite District	Kaolin, Aluminum	Past Producer	1916
Fussell Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Garner Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Quitman 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
Crossroads	4.0 miles	7
Morris	5.6 miles	7
Hatcher	5.8 miles	7
Georgetown	9.0 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333304. 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.