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Sardis Estates, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rutland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31216. It stands on Coppas Branch. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NW quadrangle.

Sardis Estates within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Sardis Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,074 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 60 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 burning125
Arson/incendiarism60
Misuse of fire by a minor40
Equipment and vehicle use30
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CRAWFORD-003
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-PEACH-011
30 September 1995Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-PEACH-005
28 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HOUSTON-010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Sardis Estates: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
J&J Lumber Co. QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Fairystone0.8 miles12
Goodall Estates1.2 miles12
Lake Sardis Estates1.2 miles12
Bevinwood1.6 miles12
Echeconnee Acres1.9 miles11
Liberty View1.9 miles12
Aultman Pines1.9 miles12
Three Oaks2.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672280. 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.