Laurel Hill, 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 30906. The Survey maps it on the Augusta West quadrangle.

Laurel Hill 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.

1922 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1948 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1950 USGS Augusta West quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Augusta West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

544 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 544 fires within 5 miles of Laurel Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,313 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 309 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	309
Debris and open burning	129
Misuse of fire by a minor	48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Recreation and ceremony	12
Natural	7
Smoking	7

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 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-RICHMOND-002
8 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-016
7 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-RICHMOND-002
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-013
7 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-014
7 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-015
5 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-RICHMOND-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Laurel Hill: 10 occurrences, 8 producers, 2 past producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr Brick	Clay	Producer
Clay Preparation Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer
Belair Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Foster's Lane Pit	Brick Clay	Occurrence
Barton Chaple Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Barton-Chapel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Davis Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Dixon Airline Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence
Duffie Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Terrace Manor	0.3 miles	20
Golden Terrace	0.3 miles	20
Glenn Hills	0.4 miles	20
Thomas Woods	0.5 miles	20
Lumpkin Park	0.8 miles	20
Bellemead	0.9 miles	20
Georgetown Estates	1.0 miles	20
Bayvale	1.1 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357888. 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.