Fountainville, Georgia
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Oglethorpe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31068. The Survey maps it on the Ideal South quadrangle. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ideal South quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
233 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Fountainville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,097 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 20 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 | 135 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON005 |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON004 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fountainville: 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holloway Property | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Clark Property | Kaolin, Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| English Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Gammage Property | Aluminum, Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Ideal Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Mcmichael Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Kaolin, Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Kaolin, Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Andersonville Works | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| E.J. Kleckley Property | Aluminum | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartlett | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Oglethorpe | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cutoff | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ideal | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Travelers Rest | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Spalding | 8.5 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fountainville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29132157 | 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 326292. 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.




