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Idlewood, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Waynesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30830. The Survey maps it on the Idlewood quadrangle.

Idlewood within Burke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Idlewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 24 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 burning130
Arson/incendiarism24
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2020Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BURKE008
3 September 2020Debris and open burning5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BURKE006
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BURKE009
25 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BURKE-012
23 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2001Smoking3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BURKE-013
2 September 2011Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BURKE-018
13 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burke 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
Thomas Station0.3 miles16
Asbury (historical)2.9 miles16
Hatchers Store3.0 miles15
Old Church3.1 miles16
Wilsons Store4.3 miles15
Munnerlyn4.4 miles15
Waynesboro5.5 miles15
Alexander5.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332054. 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.