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Kingston, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30909. The Survey maps it on the Augusta West quadrangle.

Kingston within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

324 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1992 and 2019, burning about 656 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 142 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/incendiarism142
Debris and open burning97
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-014
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-015
28 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick 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
Belair PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr BrickClayProducer
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Barton-Chapel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Davis Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Duffie Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Heard No 1 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kellos MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Forest Estates0.4 miles20
Westwood0.4 miles20
Springfield0.5 miles20
Tanglewood0.5 miles20
Ridgewood0.8 miles20
Conifer Place0.8 miles20
Highgate1.2 miles20
Westwick1.3 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q35696413The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358113. 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.