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Enterprise, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vesta-Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30627. The Survey maps it on the Vesta quadrangle.

Enterprise within Oglethorpe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

176 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Enterprise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 972 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 33 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 burning81
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-OGLETHORPE-008
26 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-OGLETHORPE-007
20 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-OGLETHORPE-006
18 September 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglethorpe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Enterprise: 17 producers, 8 past producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Paulding County MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Coggins Millstone QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Galaxy Satin Blue QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Bennie and Harvey QuarryGraniteProducer
Briarpatch QuarryGranitePast Producer
Galaxy Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Georgia Carolina QuarryGraniteProducer
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 2GranitePast Producer
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 3GraniteProducer
Grimes QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Oglethorpe 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
Fairview0.6 miles13
Veribest1.8 miles13
Vesta2.7 miles13
Palmetto2.9 miles13
Anon (historical)4.6 miles12
Wise (historical)4.7 miles12
Sandy Cross5.3 miles11
Point Peter5.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331666. 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.