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Oglethorpe Homes, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31201. It stands on Vineville Branch. The Survey maps it on the Macon West quadrangle.

Oglethorpe Homes within Bibb County

On record in Oglethorpe Homes

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 12 of 40 shown

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

Every listing in Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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 Oglethorpe Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 47 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 burning59
Arson/incendiarism47
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-001
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BIBB002
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BIBB001
24 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Oglethorpe Homes: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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
Pikes Peak Fuller's EarthFullers EarthPast ProducerCristobalite, Opal, Montmorillonite
Warner Robins Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Burns Brick Co MineClayProducer
Burns MineClayProducer
Cherokee MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Macon0.8 miles14
Unionville0.9 miles14
Vineville1.3 miles14
Anthony Terrace1.3 miles14
North Highlands1.9 miles14
Riverside Hills2.0 miles14
Westgate Estates2.0 miles14
Hillcrest Heights2.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672247. 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.