BlockKings Park, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31217. The Survey maps it on the Macon East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Macon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Macon East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
492 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 492 fires within 5 miles of Kings Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 988 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 75 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 burning | 206 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 75 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TWIGGS-011 |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020JONES009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Kings Park: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pikes Peak Fuller's Earth | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | Cristobalite, Opal, Montmorillonite | |
| Franklinton Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium | |
| Burns Brick Co Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Burns Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cherokee Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| B.D. Tharpe Mine | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Birch No. 1 Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| No. 2 O'Neal Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Tharp Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanglewood | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Crystal Springs | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| East Macon | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mogul | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lakeside | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Bridgeman | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wheeler Heights | 1.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672183. 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.