Ellwood, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hephzibah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30815. The Survey maps it on the Blythe quadrangle.

Ellwood within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1922 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1948 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1948 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:24000
1957 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

396 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Ellwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,777 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 113 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 burning	177
Arson/incendiarism	113
Misuse of fire by a minor	27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Natural	14
Smoking	10
Recreation and ceremony	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	4

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
9 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Natural	3.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2019	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020RICHMOND005
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-BURKE-014
3 September 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-RICHMOND-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ellwood: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
James Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sedimentary
James Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Albion Kaolin Mine	Kaolin	Producer
Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit B	Kaolin	Producer
Albion Pit	Kaolin	Producer	1900

Every working recorded in Richmond 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Edie (historical)	1.2 miles	20
Hephzibah	1.8 miles	19
Bath	3.5 miles	20
Melton	3.7 miles	19
Blythe	3.9 miles	20
Consolidated Government of Augusta-Richmond County (Balance)	5.2 miles	19
DeBruce	5.3 miles	19
Town and Country	5.4 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331655. 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.