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Devonwood, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Perry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31069. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Perry East quadrangle.

Devonwood within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

270 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 270 fires within 5 miles of Devonwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 34 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 burning136
Equipment and vehicle use47
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking12
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021HOUSTON002
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HOUSTON-006
11 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Devonwood: 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Iron. 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
Adel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Clinchfield Mine & Cement MillClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Clinchfield QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Clinchfield QuarryIronOccurrence
Kathleen QuarryKaolinProducer
Perry Quarry & Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Clinchfield MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perry Quarry No.2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Lea Glen1.3 miles11
Perry2.1 miles11
Fox Ridge Estates2.4 miles11
Bonners Camp2.6 miles11
Wildwood Estates3.4 miles11
Pabst3.7 miles11
Houston Lake3.7 miles11
Clinchfield3.8 miles11

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 Q122549921The 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 1671653. 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.