BlockNewton Chase, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30014. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Covington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Covington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
267 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Newton Chase between 1992 and 2018, burning about 706 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 42 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 | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-NEWTON-001 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-NEWTON-003 |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Newton Chase: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Name | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamestown | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Lassiter | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Avalon | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| High Point | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Highpoint Forest | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Starrsville | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Anderson Acres | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hayston | 3.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122565606 | The 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 1673546. 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.