Forrest, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Grovetown-Harlem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30813. The Survey maps it on the Grovetown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Forrest within Columbia 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 Grovetown quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Grovetown 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Forrest (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 4 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 burning	98
Arson/incendiarism	36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Recreation and ceremony	8
Smoking	7
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-COLUMBIA-010
9 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Smoking	6.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020RICHMOND009
23 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020COLUMBIA002
19 September 1999	Smoking	16 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Forrest (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Brick Clay, Clay. 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
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr Brick	Clay	Producer
Belair Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Gate 5 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Grovetown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Grovetown	0.8 miles	20
Kettle Creek	2.4 miles	20
Sugarcreek	3.2 miles	20
Buffalo Ranch	3.5 miles	20
Lewiston Downs	3.8 miles	20
Berzelia	3.8 miles	16
Belglade	3.9 miles	20
Lake Royal	4.0 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348971. 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.