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Boynton, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

Boynton within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

506 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of Boynton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 662 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 56 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 burning269
Equipment and vehicle use65
Arson/incendiarism56
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Smoking28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CATOOSA-005
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-006
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Boynton: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graysville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Catoosa County

Storms near this place

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boynton in 12 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2015Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton$8,000The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on power lines along Smoketree Circle near Boynton.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton$5,000The Catoosa County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from around Boynton Drive at Baggett Road to around Highway 151 and Mt Pisgah Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton$2,000Tree across power lines at Akins Rd and Maple Way.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindBoynton$1,000Emergency Manager relayed a report of a tree down across the road near Rolling Hills Drive and Post Oak Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton$1,000Tree in the roadway on the 100 block of Holcomb Rd.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindBoynton$1,000The Catoosa County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Three Notch Road and Buster Ridge Lane.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton$750The Catoosa County Sheriff's office reported a few trees down west of Ringgold.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindBoynton$250The Catoosa County 911 Center reported a tree down on Mill Lane.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton-Tree down across road near intersection of Bagget Rd and Boynton Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton-Report of tree down at intersection of Boynton Dr and Bookout Rd.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindEast Boynton-Couple of trees down on Poplar Springs St and near the intersection of Baggett Rd and John Dr.
March 2010HailBoynton-The public observed penny to quarter-sized hail west of Ringgold.

Every storm recorded in Catoosa 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
East Boynton1.0 miles28
Ellie Spring1.3 miles28
Old Mill Trace1.5 miles28
Dietz1.6 miles28
Scenic Hills1.7 miles28
Post Oak2.0 miles28
Blevins Acre2.1 miles28
Burning Bush2.1 miles28

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 BoyntonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19873824The 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 354830. 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.