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Forest Park, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30904. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Forest Park within Richmond County

On record in Forest Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Forest Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism36
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-016
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-015
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Forest Park: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, 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
Foster's Lane PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Southern Aggregates SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
U.S. Duffie PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Richmond County MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gaines Court0.2 miles25
Windsor Court0.3 miles25
Windsor Forest0.5 miles25
National Hills0.6 miles25
Olmstead Homes1.3 miles20
Country Club Hills1.4 miles20
Berckman Villas1.5 miles20
Berckman Hills1.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358136. 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.