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.
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
- Arthur Holmes Merry Generator House, Signal Lake North of Range Road, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 17 photographs
- Fort Gordon Railroad Bridge, Rail Spur over U.S. Highway 78/278, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Allen Hall, 29813 8th Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Allison Hall, 420 8th Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Brant Hall, 608 Chamberlain Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Burkhardt Hall, 480 8th Street U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Fisher Hall, 308 8th Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Greely Hall, 464 8th Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Hazen Hall, 420 Chamberlain Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Johnston Hall, 425 8th Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Moran Hall, 515-517 8th Street U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
- Fort Gordon Signal School, Nelson Hall, 520 Chamberlain Avenue U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Fort Gordonfederal building survey, 1 photograph
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
286 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 130 |
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-RICHMOND-002 |
| 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 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | 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 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-RICHMOND-013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr Brick | Clay | Producer | ||
| Belair Pit | Brick Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Grovetown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Barton-Chapel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Duffie Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gate 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Kellos Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morgan Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Payton & Wren Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olive Terrace | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| McNair Terrace | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Belair | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Gordon Terrace | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Tower Pines | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bel Air Heights | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sand Ridge | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Christa | 3.7 miles | 20 |
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.










