Hyde Park, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30906. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Hyde Park within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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.

1921 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1943 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:125000
1954 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1982 USGS Barnwell quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Augusta East quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of Hyde Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 828 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 171 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	171
Debris and open burning	73
Misuse of fire by a minor	37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Recreation and ceremony	7
Smoking	7
Natural	6

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
8 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-RICHMOND-002
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-013
7 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-014
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-015
5 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-012
28 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hyde Park: 10 producers, 8 occurrences, 4 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Clay Preparation Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Foster's Lane Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Merry Companies Mine	Clay	Producer
Merry Pit 4	Clay	Producer
Richmond County Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Davis Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dixon Airline Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Duffie Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Heard No 1 Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Highway 56 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Aragon Park	0.6 miles	21
Southlands	0.8 miles	20
Pine Heights	0.9 miles	20
Butler Estates	1.0 miles	20
Neco	1.1 miles	20
Kendan Park	1.1 miles	20
Southgate Village	1.2 miles	20
Turrin Hill	1.3 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358197. 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.