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Wynnton, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Columbus West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31906. It stands on Dram Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

Wynnton within Muscogee County

On record in Wynnton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 7 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1939

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Dr. Baird House, Wynnton Road at Lockwood St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Dr. Baird House, Wynnton Road at Lockwood St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Mrs. C.M. Wolfolk House, Wynnton Road at Monroe St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Mrs. C.M. Wolfolk House, Wynnton Road at Monroe St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Cooper House, Wynnton Rd. & Cooper Ave., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Cooper House, Wynnton Rd. & Cooper Ave., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Dr. Baird House, Wynnton Road at Lockwood St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Dr. Baird House, Wynnton Road at Lockwood St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress
Mrs. C.M. Wolfolk House, Wynnton Road at Monroe St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Mrs. C.M. Wolfolk House, Wynnton Road at Monroe St., Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia
Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1939. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Wynnton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 388 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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/incendiarism23
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking4
Natural2

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
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
29 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission2406 SANDFORT RD., AL
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wynnton: 9 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Bussey PitClayProducer
Cilla MineClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kendrick PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Phenix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand Plant PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wynnton in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWynnton$10,000The Muscogee County 911 center reported numerous trees and a few power lines blown down across the Columbus area. Some locations include Hilton Avenue at 17th Street, Dupree Drive and Laney Drive, and in the Hearthstone neighborhood.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindWynnton$1,000Tree down on powerlines along Macon Rd near intersection of S Dixon Dr.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWynnton$1,000Broadcast media and local fire department reported a tree down near Moore road.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindWynnton$1,000The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that four trees were blown down east-northeast of Columbus.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee 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
Briarwood0.4 miles26
Carver Heights0.4 miles26
Lindsey Park0.5 miles26
Carriage Estates0.8 miles26
Boxwood Estates0.8 miles26
Wynnton Grove0.9 miles26
Dinglewood1.0 miles26
Weracoba Heights1.1 miles26

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122558587The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333474. 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.