BlockNorth Conyers Farms, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30054. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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 Milstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
248 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of North Conyers Farms between 1992 and 2019, burning about 562 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 23 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 | 102 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-NEWTON-007 |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ROCKDALE-004 |
| 24 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-NEWTON-004 |
| 21 September 1997 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of North Conyers Farms: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oxford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Hightower Forest | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Twin Haynes Creek | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Ashley Grove | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Stone Lea | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Greenwood Acres | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Flint Hill | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Dialtown | 3.7 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 Q122589594 | 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 1673558. 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.