Algernon, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Auburn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30548. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Auburn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Algernon within Barrow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Auburn quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Algernon (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 419 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 burning	54
Arson/incendiarism	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	5
Natural	4
Recreation and ceremony	4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
27 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	26 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-BARROW-004
25 September 1993	Smoking	2.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-JACKSON-004
21 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-JACKSON-003
17 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-JACKSON-002
12 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-BARROW-004
11 September 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-BARROW-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barrow County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Algernon (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Barrow Stone Co	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Barrow 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Cains Courthouse (historical)	2.6 miles	15
Cedar Hill	3.1 miles	15
Thompsons Mill	3.7 miles	15
Mulberry	3.8 miles	15
Auburn	4.2 miles	15
Carl	4.3 miles	15
Whistleville	4.9 miles	18
Barrow Heights	5.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687984. 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.