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Hidden Hills, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gracewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30815. The Survey maps it on the Augusta West quadrangle.

Hidden Hills within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

663 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 663 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,720 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 366 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/incendiarism366
Debris and open burning158
Misuse of fire by a minor57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking10
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-RICHMOND-002
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-RICHMOND-002
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-013
7 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-014
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020RICHMOND005
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Hills: 10 producers, 7 occurrences, 2 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Brick Clay, Clay. 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
Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit BKaolinProducer
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr BrickClayProducer
Belair PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Barton-Chapel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Davis Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixon Airline Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Duffie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gate 5 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Heard No 1 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Richmond 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
Quail Hollow0.5 miles20
Sand Ridge0.8 miles20
Fairington0.9 miles20
Woodlake1.0 miles20
Spanish Trace1.0 miles20
Butler Manor1.1 miles20
Twin Oaks1.1 miles20
Gordon Terrace1.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358123. 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.