Friendship, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Linton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31087. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Friendship quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1912 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Friendship quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Friendship between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,112 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 30 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 | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WASHINGTON-018 |
| 17 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Friendship: 9 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 5 Hale Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Alec Stephens Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| C B Mills Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| C I Giles Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Danzy Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| E G Hutchings Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| George Danzy Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Hood Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| J L Jordon Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friendship in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Friendship | $5,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF1 tornado with maximum winds of 95 MPH and a maximum path width of 70 yards began in Hancock County just northeast of Deepstep Road, which is the Hancock/Baldwin County line. The tornado moved northeast parallel to Deepstep Road for less than a quarter of a mile before it turned east and crossed the road into Baldwin County. Several trees were blown down along this portion of the path. The total path length in both counties was around a half mile. [01/21/17: Tornado #18, County #1/2, EF1, Hancock-Baldwin, 2017:019]. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linton | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Beulah | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Harpertown (historical) | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Zebulon | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Devereux | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sandy Run | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Glenford (historical) | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Buckhead (historical) | 12.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331773. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







