BlockDarien Heights, Georgia
16 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 Ridgeville quadrangle.
On record in Darien Heights
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.
Vernon Square-Columbus Square Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
West Darien Historic Districtlisted 2001 · 0.6 miles away
Ashantillylisted 2015 · 0.8 miles away
Fort King Georgelisted 1971 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1921 USGS Darien quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Ridgeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
229 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Darien Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 9,015 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 92 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/incendiarism | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-MCINTOSH-008 |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Darien Heights: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Darien | Titanium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Bel-Air | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Darien | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ashintilly | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ridgeville | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Carnigan | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Doboy (historical) | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Meridian | 5.9 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544417 | 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 356851. 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.