Lamont, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Barnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30204. The Survey maps it on the Johnstonville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lamont within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Johnstonville quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Lamont (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 618 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 39 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	111
Arson/incendiarism	39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Natural	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	2

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 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-LAMAR-002
21 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	6.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020LAMAR004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar 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 Lamont (historical): 8 prospects, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. 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
Adams Mine	Mica, Gemstone	Past Producer
J T Means Mine	Mica, Gemstone	Past Producer
Carter Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Clay Creek Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Early Vaughn Mine	Mica	Past Producer
H S Worsham Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Ingraham Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Kelly O'Neil Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Means Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Old Childs Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Lamar 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
Redbone	1.6 miles	10
Horns Crossroads	2.9 miles	10
Powell (historical)	3.2 miles	10
Revere (historical)	3.3 miles	10
Wilkinsons (historical)	3.4 miles	10
Graddick (historical)	3.7 miles	10
Barnesville	3.9 miles	10
Aldora	4.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344050. 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.