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River West, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Cardinal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rico quadrangle.

River West within Douglas County

On record in River West

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of River West between 1992 and 2019, burning about 735 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning54
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Smoking2
Natural1

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
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 July 1993Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DOUGLAS-002
6 June 1993Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 June 2012Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CARROLL-017
26 June 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 May 2016Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-DOUGLAS-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of River West: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Circle P Ranch Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Basket Creek0.7 miles17
McWhorter0.8 miles17
Hollis Heights1.4 miles17
Cheviot Hills1.9 miles17
Hannah2.1 miles17
Sweetwater Bluff2.1 miles17
Fairplay2.1 miles17
Links of Leith2.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686571. 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.