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Marion Homes, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30901. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Marion Homes within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Marion Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Debris and open burning55
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use14
Other causes5
Natural5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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 acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-RICHMOND-002
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-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 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Marion Homes: 8 unknowns, 7 past producers, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Brick Clay. 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
Aiken County DepositREE, Zirconium, TitaniumPast Producer1879, 1955
Clay Preparation PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Foster's Lane PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Augusta Sand and Gravel Pit #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownUnconsolidated Sediments
Clearwater MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknownSedimentary
Clearwater PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kellos PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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
Eastview0.6 miles21
Gordon Park2.1 miles21
Augusta2.3 miles21
Turrin Hill3.5 miles21
Oglethorpe Homes3.6 miles20
Aragon Park3.6 miles21
Hillside Park4.0 miles20
Olmstead Homes4.2 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 Q122553939The 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 358202. 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.