BlockRaytown, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sharon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30631. The Survey maps it on the Sharon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sharon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Raytown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 677 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WARREN-013 |
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-TALIAFERRO-003 |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-TALIAFERRO-001 |
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-002 |
| 12 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Raytown: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillman | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raytown in 3 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raytown | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed along upper Mill Road. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raytown | $1,500 | The Taliaferro county 911 reported dime size hail and trees blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree fell on a house. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Raytown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hillman | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Edgewood Crossroads | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Crawfordville | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lyneville | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Springfield | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Robinson | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Carters Grove | 13.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326482. 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.