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Vega, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Meansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30256. The Survey maps it on the Zebulon quadrangle.

Vega within Pike County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Vega between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,222 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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 burning186
Arson/incendiarism29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Smoking1

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Debris and open burning33 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-UPSON-005
12 September 2016Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-UPSON-004
12 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON005
9 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vega: 3 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Manganese, Iron. 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
W.M.Hartley PropertyManganese, IronProspect
F M Thompson PropertyMicaProspect
J M Bevel DepositMicaOccurrence
J.A.Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
Partridge MineMicaPast Producer
Thompson ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vega in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 flash flood. 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
February 2024Flash FloodVega-The Emergency Manager reported Bankston Road, north of Vega Road, was closed due to flooding. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rain quickly fell over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2023Flash FloodVega-The public reported water over the Bankston Road, north of the intersection with Vega Road. In addition to the 1.5 inches of rain that fell the previous day, radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches, with isolated amounts of up to 8 inches, fell on March 26, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Clearwater Springs2.0 miles9
Meansville2.0 miles9
Rose Hill2.4 miles9
Old Newnan (historical)2.5 miles9
Lifsey4.6 miles9
Weaver (historical)5.4 miles9
Zebulon6.2 miles9
Smiths Chapel8.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333323. 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.