Dimon Woods, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Columbus East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31907. It stands on Dram Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1908 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Dimon Woods between 1992 and 2018, burning about 279 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 22 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 29 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Natural | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dimon Woods: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bussey Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cilla Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kendrick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 1 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Sand Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Woolfolk Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimon Head | 0.3 miles | 26 | |
| Hampton Heights | 0.4 miles | 26 | |
| Tara | 0.4 miles | 26 | |
| Parkchester | 0.4 miles | 26 | |
| Saint Marys Hills | 0.5 miles | 26 | |
| Wickham Heights | 0.5 miles | 26 | |
| Sunset Terrace | 0.5 miles | 26 | |
| Linden | 0.6 miles | 26 |
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 Q122589403 | 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 357319. 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.










