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Point Peter, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vesta-Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30627. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Cross quadrangle.

Point Peter within Oglethorpe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Point Peter between 1992 and 2019, burning about 639 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 27 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 burning80
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6

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
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2016Debris and open burning10 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-OGLETHORPE-004
23 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-OGLETHORPE-008
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-OGLETHORPE-007
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-OGLETHORPE-006
17 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-OGLETHORPE-013

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglethorpe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Point Peter: 19 producers, 8 past producers. 19 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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
Coggins Millstone QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Galaxy Satin Blue QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Plantation QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Bennie and Harvey QuarryGraniteProducer
Briarpatch QuarryGranitePast Producer
Galaxy Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Georgia Carolina QuarryGraniteProducer
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 2GranitePast Producer
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 3GraniteProducer
Grimes QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Oglethorpe 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
Veribest3.7 miles13
Sandy Cross4.6 miles11
Vesta4.8 miles13
Fairview5.0 miles13
Sycorax (historical)5.1 miles13
Enterprise5.3 miles13
Saxon6.5 miles13
Goose Pond (historical)7.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332718. 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.