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Bastonville, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gibson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30828. The Survey maps it on the Bastonville quadrangle.

Bastonville within Glascock 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.

Fires near this place

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Bastonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 780 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 19 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 burning144
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism19
Natural19
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Debris and open burning7.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MCDUFFIE-007
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MCDUFFIE-008
19 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WARREN-001
13 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glascock County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bastonville: 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Iron. 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
Huber MineKaolinOccurrence
Warren County DepositIronOccurrence
Palmer MineClayProducer
Purvis MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Glascock 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
Harts1.6 miles9
David (historical)3.7 miles15
Hadden4.3 miles15
Gibson6.2 miles9
Five Points7.0 miles10
Blume7.5 miles10
Mitchell10.9 miles9
Edgehill11.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326170. 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.