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Antioch, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31811. The Survey maps it on the Bartletts Ferry Dam quadrangle.

Antioch within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 577 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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 burning70
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Smoking4

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160909-6
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism65 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARRIS-004
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1995Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-HARRIS-006
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris 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 Antioch: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. 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
Lee 1 Clay ProspectFeldsparProspect

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antioch in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 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
April 2024Thunderstorm WindAntioch$1,000Tree down along Hwy 219 between Maddox Rd and Mountain Hill Rd.

Every storm recorded in Harris 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
Acton (historical)3.1 miles13
Mountain Hill3.7 miles13
Piney Grove3.7 miles13
Clines Crossroads5.2 miles13
Mulberry Grove5.4 miles16
Shady Grove5.6 miles14
New Hope7.1 miles14
Bayard (historical)8.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350930. 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.