BlockGoshen Plantation, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hephzibah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30815. The Survey maps it on the Mechanic Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1921 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Mechanic Hill quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
254 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Goshen Plantation between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,006 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 104 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 | 104 |
| Debris and open burning | 103 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019RICHMOND001 |
| 5 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RICHMOND-003 |
| 14 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Goshen Plantation: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highway 56 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Karleen Road Pit Vb James Sand | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Knox-Rivers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
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 Q122570174 | 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 358026. 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.