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Memory Park, Georgia

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

Memory Park within Columbia County

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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Memory Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 404 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 48 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 burning55
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-RICHMOND-002
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Memory Park: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Barton Chaple PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Heard No 1 Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Martinez0.3 miles25
Phillips Estates0.4 miles25
Lulaville0.4 miles25
West Hampton0.5 miles25
Westwood0.7 miles25
Jushua Tree Villas0.8 miles25
Wynngate0.9 miles25
Watervale0.9 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348915. 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.