Forest Acres, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30904. The Survey maps it on the Augusta West quadrangle.

Forest Acres 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 Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Augusta West quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Augusta West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
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

357 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Forest Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 746 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 185 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	185
Debris and open burning	82
Misuse of fire by a minor	38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Smoking	8
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	4
Other causes	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-RICHMOND-002
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-016
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-013
7 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-014
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-015
5 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-012
28 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Forest Acres: 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clay Preparation Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Foster's Lane Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Merry Companies Mine	Clay	Producer
Merry Pit 4	Clay	Producer
North Augusta Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Richmond County Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Barton Chaple Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Barton-Chapel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Davis Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dixon Airline Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence

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
Davison	0.4 miles	20
King Estates	0.9 miles	20
Highland Park	1.0 miles	20
Southgate Village	1.1 miles	20
Turrin Hill	1.2 miles	21
Kendan Park	1.3 miles	20
Wheless	1.5 miles	20
Southlands	1.6 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358090. 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.