Amoskeag, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31023. The Survey maps it on the Eastman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Amoskeag within Dodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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.

1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1972 USGS Eastman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

636 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 636 fires within 5 miles of Amoskeag (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,452 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 112 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	369
Arson/incendiarism	112
Equipment and vehicle use	57
Misuse of fire by a minor	31
Natural	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Recreation and ceremony	11
Smoking	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
9 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-DODGE-016
8 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-DODGE-015
6 September 1993	Natural	3.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-DODGE-014
4 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dodge 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
Eastman	2.3 miles	9
Godwinsville	2.8 miles	9
Lowery	2.9 miles	9
Dodge High	5.7 miles	9
Saunders	5.8 miles	8
Pitts	6.3 miles	8
Chauncey	6.6 miles	8
Five Points	6.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348103. 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.