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Bel-Air, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Darien census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31305. It stands on Cathead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Darien quadrangle.

Bel-Air within McIntosh County

On record in Bel-Air

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 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Bel-Air between 1992 and 2019, burning about 8,863 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 86 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
Arson/incendiarism86
Debris and open burning71
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MCINTOSH-008
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McIntosh 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 Bel-Air: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. 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
North DarienTitaniumProspect

Every working recorded in McIntosh 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
Darien Heights0.2 miles16
Fairview0.3 miles16
Darien0.4 miles15
Ashintilly1.7 miles16
Ridgeville2.7 miles16
Carnigan4.6 miles16
Doboy (historical)5.5 miles16
Meridian6.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356835. 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.