BlockOgeechee Farms, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Pooler-Bloomingdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31419. The Survey maps it on the Richmond Hill quadrangle.
On record in Ogeechee Farms
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.
New Ogeechee Missionary Baptist Churchlisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 18 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.
- 1920 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Limerick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Richmond Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Richmond Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Richmond Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
206 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Ogeechee Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 896 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 52 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 | 69 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-CHATHAM-003 |
| 31 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATHAM-003 |
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 Ogeechee Farms: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burroughs | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Henderson | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Georgetown | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Village Green | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Grove Point | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Windward | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Grubbs | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Forest River Farms | 4.3 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 Q122543504 | 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 334841. 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.