BlockGreen Island Hills, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31904. It stands on Standing Boy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smiths Station quadrangle.
On record in Green Island Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Green Island Ranchlisted 1997 · 0.5 miles away
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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Smiths quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS Smiths Station quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Green Island Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 591 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 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 | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Alabama 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 Green Island Hills: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bussey Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Oliver Estates | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Brookstone | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ranch Forest | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Laurel Hills | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Innsbrook | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Crescent Ridge | 1.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kirkwood | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Autumnridge | 1.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331863. 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.