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Waverly Place, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31206. The Survey maps it on the Macon West quadrangle.

Waverly Place within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Waverly Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 372 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 53 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
Arson/incendiarism53
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-001
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BIBB002
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2003Arson/incendiarism18 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Waverly Place: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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
Pikes Peak Fuller's EarthFullers EarthPast ProducerCristobalite, Opal, Montmorillonite
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium
Warner Robins Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burns Brick Co MineClayProducer
Burns MineClayProducer
Cherokee MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
South Highlands0.3 miles14
Tharpe Heights0.4 miles14
Bedingfield0.6 miles14
Lymore Estates0.6 miles14
Jefferson Hills0.9 miles14
Terra Cotta1.0 miles14
Stratton1.7 miles14
Lindsey Park1.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672338. 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.