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Mayo, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30907. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Mayo within Richmond County

On record in Mayo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Mayo between 1992 and 2019, burning about 387 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 34 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 burning48
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-016
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLUMBIA-004
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-023
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mayo: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin

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
Sterling Heights0.3 miles25
Bonair0.3 miles25
Brookfield West0.4 miles25
Beverly Heights0.5 miles25
Village West0.5 miles25
West Hills0.6 miles25
Bristol Wood1.0 miles25
Avondale1.0 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358153. 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.