Bath, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hephzibah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30805. The Survey maps it on the Blythe quadrangle.
On record in Bath
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bath Presbyterian Church and Cemeterylisted 2004 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1922 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
243 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Bath between 1992 and 2020, burning about 979 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 66 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 | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-RICHMOND-008 |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BURKE-026 |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BURKE-013 |
| 24 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020RICHMOND010 |
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RICHMOND-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bath: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tappan Place | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Albion Kaolin Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit B | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Albion Pit | Kaolin | Producer | 1900 | |
| Gate 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| James Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| James Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Payton & Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bath in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | $18,000 | EM Reported numerous trees down across the western portions of the county. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | - | Numerous trees were downed throughout the county. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bath | - | County dispatch reported numerous trees down over the western half of Richmond Co GA. Time estimated. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edie (historical) | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Blythe | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Ellwood | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Hephzibah | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Olive Terrace | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Sand Ridge | 4.9 miles | 20 | |
| Gordon Terrace | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Melton | 5.3 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bath | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q43080560 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331103. 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.










