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Willow Run, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31047. It stands on Redding Branch. The Survey maps it on the Perry East quadrangle.

Willow Run within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

361 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Willow Run between 1992 and 2020, burning about 937 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 56 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 burning172
Arson/incendiarism56
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural12
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
6 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-009
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Willow Run: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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
Bear Creek Road QuarryKaolinOccurrence
Kathleen QuarryKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Beaver Creek1.3 miles12
The Heather on Houston Lake1.4 miles12
Houston Lake1.6 miles11
Houston Lake Woods1.8 miles12
Kathleen2.0 miles11
South Pointe2.1 miles12
Wildwood Estates2.6 miles11
Woodard Estates2.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671798. 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.