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Huntington, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30907. It stands on Cranes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Huntington within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Huntington between 1992 and 2019, burning about 353 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 63 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 burning74
Arson/incendiarism63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COLUMBIA-010
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-016
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLUMBIA-004
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-023

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Huntington: 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Augusta QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Barton-Chapel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Duffie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heard No 1 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kellos MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Simmons PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceAlluvium

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
Foxhall0.4 miles25
Crofton0.5 miles25
Montclair0.6 miles25
Avondale1.1 miles25
Conifer Place1.1 miles20
Highgate1.2 miles20
Raes (historical)1.3 miles20
Bristol Wood1.4 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358158. 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.