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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sandy Cross quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OGLETHORPE-004 |
| 23 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-OGLETHORPE-008 |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-OGLETHORPE-007 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-OGLETHORPE-006 |
| 17 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OGLETHORPE-013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins Millstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Galaxy Satin Blue Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Plantation Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bennie and Harvey Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Briarpatch Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Galaxy Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Georgia Carolina Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 2 | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 3 | Granite | Producer | ||
| Grimes Quarry | Granite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veribest | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sandy Cross | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Vesta | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sycorax (historical) | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Enterprise | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Saxon | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Goose Pond (historical) | 7.8 miles | 12 |
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.






