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Greenwich Woods Estates, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30241. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle.

Greenwich Woods Estates within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Greenwich Woods Estates between 1992 and 2016, burning about 590 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 burning96
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TROUP-003
25 September 1999Debris and open burning5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TROUP-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Greenwich Woods Estates: 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lagrange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crosby ProspectMicaProspect
Davis ProspectMicaOccurrence
Hart ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Mat Teague ProspectBarium-BariteProspect

Every working recorded in Troup County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
La Grange1.6 miles12
Riverview2.1 miles12
Federal Hills2.5 miles15
Brookstone Estates2.6 miles12
Lees Crossing2.6 miles12
Bartley Road Estates2.9 miles15
Hilyer3.0 miles11
Rockwell Estates3.4 miles12

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 Q122594488The 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 1673209. 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.