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Cameo, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Warm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31822. The Survey maps it on the Durand quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cameo within Meriwether County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Cameo (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 796 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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 burning89
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural5

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HARRIS-006
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARRIS003
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HARRIS-007
8 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2002Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HARRIS-003
31 August 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meriwether 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 Cameo (historical): 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Smith Prospect No. 1AluminumProspect
Smith Prospect No. 2AluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Meriwether 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
White Sulphur Springs1.8 miles10
County Line2.7 miles10
Durand3.3 miles10
Stovall5.6 miles10
Crowders Crossing5.8 miles22
Hunters Crossroad6.0 miles10
Warm Springs7.3 miles22
Nebula7.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346845. 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.