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Hutchins, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Crawford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30667. The Survey maps it on the Maxeys quadrangle.

Hutchins within Oglethorpe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Hutchins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 625 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 15 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 burning85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020OGLETHORPE009
6 September 2010Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-OGLETHORPE-007
6 September 1996Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-OGLETHORPE-006
29 September 2001Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-OGLETHORPE-010
26 September 1993Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglethorpe County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hutchins: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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
Gold Eagle QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Oglethorpe 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
Crawford2.9 miles11
Stephens3.3 miles10
Lexington3.5 miles11
Arnoldsville5.1 miles11
Bowling Green (historical)5.7 miles10
Maxeys6.0 miles10
Hogan6.4 miles11
Sandy Cross8.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332048. 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.