BlockFort Lamar, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ila census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30633. It stands on Lamar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ila quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ila quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Fort Lamar between 1992 and 2019, burning about 360 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN004 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN003 |
| 12 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN002 |
| 4 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fort Lamar: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higdon Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Ramsay Buchanan Mine | Mica | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pocataligo | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shiloh | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| James Spring (historical) | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Phillips | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bond | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Ila | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Velpoe | 4.9 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122591487 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355878. 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.