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Fort Gordon, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fort Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30905. The Survey maps it on the Grovetown quadrangle.

Fort Gordon within Richmond County

On record in Fort Gordon

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 12 of 17 shown

Every surveyed structure in 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Silas C. Read Sawmill, Outlet of Maxwell Lake near North Range Road, Fort Gordon, Richmond County, GA
Silas C. Read Sawmill, Outlet of Maxwell Lake near North Range Road, Fort Gordon, Richmond County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Fort Gordon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 725 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 130 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/incendiarism130
Debris and open burning91
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-RICHMOND-002
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Recreation and ceremony2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020RICHMOND009
23 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COLUMBIA002
2 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-RICHMOND-013

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 Fort Gordon: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr BrickClayProducer
Belair PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Grovetown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Barton-Chapel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Duffie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gate 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Kellos MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morgan Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Payton & Wren PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Olive Terrace2.3 miles20
McNair Terrace2.5 miles20
Belair2.6 miles20
Gordon Terrace2.8 miles20
Tower Pines3.0 miles20
Bel Air Heights3.1 miles20
Sand Ridge3.5 miles20
Christa3.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331750. 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.