BlockAthon, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Shady Dale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31064. The Survey maps it on the Shady Dale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Shady Dale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Athon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 110 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Athon (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346116. 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.