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Georgia, Indiana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Spice Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47446. It lies near Toliver Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Georgia quadrangle. It stands 656 feet above sea level.

Georgia within Lawrence County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

23 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Georgia between 2001 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
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
18 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestTUCKER LAKE
3 July 2012Natural1.0 acresHoosier National ForestOLD HOME PLACE
25 July 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreHoosier National ForestGEORGIA TOWER
16 May 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHoosier National ForestSHIRLEY CREEK
12 April 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresHoosier National ForestFIBERTECH
1 April 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresHoosier National ForestTOLBERT FIRE
9 March 2001Smoking4.0 acresHoosier National ForestSIXTY
7 March 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreHoosier National ForestBONDS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Georgia: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Flagstone, Iron, Zinc. 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
Mitchell Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z81Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite
Edwards Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Hopper Sandstone QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Pennsylvania Salt Company MineAluminumPast Producer
Pennsylvania Salt Company MineAluminumPast Producer
South Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer
South Gardner MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lawrence 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
Moorestown2.4 miles14
Bryantsville4.0 miles21
Huron5.3 miles18
Mitchell5.5 miles17
Woodville5.6 miles17
Redding5.7 miles21
Hartleyville6.3 miles21
Rabbitville6.6 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on GeorgiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5547294The 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 450950. 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.