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Raymond, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Newnan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30265. It stands on Chandlers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sharpsburg quadrangle.

Raymond within Coweta County

On record in Raymond

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

305 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Raymond between 1992 and 2019, burning about 713 acres in total. 8 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 burning172
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking10
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-COWETA-004
24 September 2014Debris and open burning3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COWETA-003
19 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2005Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-COWETA-006
29 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-COWETA-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coweta County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Raymond: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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
B D Cole QuarryGranitePast Producer
J H Neely PlaceGraniteOccurrence
Lyndon Hill QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Coweta County

Storms near this place

16 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond$1,000A tree was reported down in the 400 block of Goodwyn Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond$1,000Powerlines down at Walton Rd and Martin Mill Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond$1,000Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Highway 16 E and Joe Cox Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond$1,000Emergency manager reported powerlines down along Poplar Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRaymond$1,000Tree reported down at Vanderbilt Pkwy and Poplar Rd.
March 2003Thunderstorm WindRaymond$1,000The Coweta county 911 center reported that trees had blown down.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindRaymond$250Off-duty NWS employee reported a tree down along Lake Forest Drive in the Summergrove subdivision.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond-Tree snapped, causing damage to a roof to a home near the intersection of Fox Ridge Dr and Briandwood Dr.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond-Report of numerous trees down along the 2000 block of Hwy 16.
May 2023HailRaymond-Report of quarter sized hail in the Summergrove and Eastlake neighborhoods near Oak Shores Dr and Lake Forest Dr.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond-Powerlines down at Highway 16 E and Joe Cox Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRaymond-Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Mary Freeman Rd and Fox Ridge Dr.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRaymond-Tree with power line down at intersection of McDonald Rd and Tope Rd.
June 2015HailRaymond-The public reported quarter sized hail west of Sharpsburg.
July 2003HailRaymond-The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail. One large 30-40 foot Birch tree was also split in two in Newnan.
May 2002HailRaymond-An off duty National Weather Service employee reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Coweta 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
Oak Ridge3.0 miles9
East Newnan3.4 miles10
Sharpsburg3.5 miles9
Oaklawn3.6 miles10
Vineyard Crossroads3.7 miles11
Longstreet4.1 miles11
Turin4.3 miles9
Wood Valley Estates4.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332802. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.