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Saxon, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vesta-Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30627. The Survey maps it on the Vesta quadrangle.

Saxon within Oglethorpe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Saxon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 537 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 17 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 burning70
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning9.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ELBERT-005
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-ELBERT-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglethorpe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Saxon: 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Paulding County MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Galaxy Satin Blue QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Plantation QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Blue Diamond QuarryGraniteProducer
Highpoint QuarryGraniteProducer
Kim-Mark QuarryGranitePast Producer
Oglethorpe Quarry DirienzoGraniteProducer
Oglethorpe Quarry Star GraniteGraniteProducer
Sapphire Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Very Best Blue QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Oglethorpe 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
Sycorax (historical)1.4 miles13
Goose Pond (historical)1.4 miles12
Vesta3.2 miles13
Fairview5.2 miles13
Palmetto5.8 miles13
Enterprise5.8 miles13
Veribest6.2 miles13
Point Peter6.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326505. 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.