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Olmstead Homes, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30904. It stands on Raes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Augusta West quadrangle.

Olmstead Homes within Richmond County

On record in Olmstead 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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Olmstead Homes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 325 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Natural1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 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
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-015
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-RICHMOND-002
20 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-023
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-RICHMOND-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Olmstead Homes: 7 occurrences, 5 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clay Preparation PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Foster's Lane PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Merry Companies MineClayProducer
Merry Pit 4ClayProducer
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Richmond County MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayUnknownSedimentary Kaolin
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Richmond 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
Hillside Park0.5 miles20
Country Club Hills0.7 miles20
Windsor Forest0.8 miles25
Windsor Court1.2 miles25
Forest Park1.3 miles25
Summerville1.4 miles20
Berckman Villas1.4 miles20
Oglethorpe Homes1.5 miles20

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 Q122543782The 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 358070. 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.