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Evans Mill, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Evans census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30809. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Evans Mill within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Evans Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 356 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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 burning61
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COLUMBIA-010
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-016
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLUMBIA-004
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COLUMBIA002
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-023
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Evans Mill: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Augusta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Jamaica Estates0.1 miles25
Evans0.5 miles24
Camelot0.7 miles24
Maysville (historical)0.9 miles25
Idylwilde1.1 miles24
Briarwood1.1 miles25
Shenandoah Woods1.1 miles25
Shenandoah1.2 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348878. 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.