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Sedgefield, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warner Robins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31028. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NW quadrangle.

Sedgefield within Houston 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

352 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 352 fires within 5 miles of Sedgefield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 816 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 61 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 burning120
Misuse of fire by a minor84
Arson/incendiarism61
Equipment and vehicle use31
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13

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
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-PEACH-001
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Natural2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BIBB-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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 Sedgefield: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Macon Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Fairview Estates0.2 miles12
Ashlund Ridge0.3 miles12
Centerville0.6 miles12
Crestwood Estates0.6 miles12
Fox Meadow Estates1.3 miles12
Wellington Woods1.4 miles12
Quail Run North1.6 miles12
Echo Glen1.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671767. 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.