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Raysville, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30824. It stands on Hart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winfield quadrangle.

Raysville within McDuffie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Raysville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 654 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 burning64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COLUMBIA-007
2 August 2001Debris and open burning17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-004
14 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-MCDUFFIE-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Raysville: 9 past producers, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Parks MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
LandersGold, LeadProspectVein
PorterGold, LeadProspectVein
TathamGold, LeadProspectVein
WoodallGold, LeadProspectVein
Columbia Gold MineGoldPast Producer
DillGoldPast ProducerVein
Edmunds ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Hilly MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in McDuffie 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
Shiloh (historical)2.8 miles20
Tatham Mines (historical)3.1 miles14
Rousseau Spring (historical)3.2 miles20
Anthony Crossroads3.8 miles14
Hamilton Crossroads3.8 miles20
Cobbham4.3 miles20
Columbia Mine (historical)4.5 miles14
Cobbham Crossroads5.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332803. 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.