Kirkwood, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Columbus North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31904. The Survey maps it on the Fortson quadrangle.

Kirkwood within Muscogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1950 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
1950 USGS Fortson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Ellerslie quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Fortson quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Kirkwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 504 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 47 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	47
Debris and open burning	22
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Natural	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Smoking	1

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
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	9.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
2 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	10.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	4.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	27 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-MUSCOGEE-005
5 July 1996	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kirkwood: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Barin Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Columbus Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Moores Forest	0.4 miles	18
Double Churches	0.4 miles	18
Ranch Forest	0.7 miles	18
Lokey Estates	0.8 miles	18
Tulakes	0.9 miles	18
Autumnridge	1.0 miles	18
Twin Chapel	1.1 miles	18
Peppertree	1.2 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357404. 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.