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Rivermont, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. The Survey maps it on the Rome South quadrangle.

Rivermont within Floyd County

On record in Rivermont

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 18 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

348 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 348 fires within 5 miles of Rivermont between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,661 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 130 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 burning147
Arson/incendiarism130
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking5

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-004
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-006
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Rivermont: 6 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Iron. 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
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
UnnamedIronUnknown
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bobo BauxiteAluminumProspectWeathering Residual
Bobo MineAluminumPast Producer
Duke ProspectAluminumProspect
Hatch ProspectAluminumProspect
Lanham ProspectAluminumProspect
Little Lamb ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Radio Springs0.9 miles18
Robealou Acres1.3 miles18
Horseshoe Bend1.5 miles18
River Place1.6 miles18
Merry Acres2.1 miles18
River Ridge2.2 miles18
Castle Cove2.7 miles18
Six Mile3.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353848. 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.