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.
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
Mary Ray Memorial Schoollisted 2013
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sharpsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 172 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-COWETA-004 |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-COWETA-003 |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COWETA-006 |
| 29 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-COWETA-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B D Cole Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| J H Neely Place | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Lyndon Hill Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | A tree was reported down in the 400 block of Goodwyn Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Powerlines down at Walton Rd and Martin Mill Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Highway 16 E and Joe Cox Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported powerlines down along Poplar Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | Tree reported down at Vanderbilt Pkwy and Poplar Rd. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $1,000 | The Coweta county 911 center reported that trees had blown down. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $250 | Off-duty NWS employee reported a tree down along Lake Forest Drive in the Summergrove subdivision. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Tree snapped, causing damage to a roof to a home near the intersection of Fox Ridge Dr and Briandwood Dr. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Report of numerous trees down along the 2000 block of Hwy 16. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Raymond | - | Report of quarter sized hail in the Summergrove and Eastlake neighborhoods near Oak Shores Dr and Lake Forest Dr. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Powerlines down at Highway 16 E and Joe Cox Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Mary Freeman Rd and Fox Ridge Dr. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Tree with power line down at intersection of McDonald Rd and Tope Rd. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Raymond | - | The public reported quarter sized hail west of Sharpsburg. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Raymond | - | The public reported penny to quarter-sized hail. One large 30-40 foot Birch tree was also split in two in Newnan. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Raymond | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| East Newnan | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sharpsburg | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Oaklawn | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Vineyard Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Longstreet | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Turin | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wood Valley Estates | 4.3 miles | 11 |
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.




