BlockTown and Country, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gracewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30815. The Survey maps it on the Hephzibah quadrangle.
On record in Town and Country
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.
Seclusaval and Windsor Springlisted 1988 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1922 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hephzibah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
691 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 691 fires within 5 miles of Town and Country between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,852 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 373 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 373 |
| Debris and open burning | 168 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-RICHMOND-002 |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-013 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-014 |
| 6 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020RICHMOND005 |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-RICHMOND-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Town and Country: 9 producers, 5 occurrences, 3 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Kaolin Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit B | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Albion Pit | Kaolin | Producer | 1900 | |
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Davis Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dixon Airline Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Duffie Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gate 5 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Highway 56 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| James Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain Tree | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Spanish Trace | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Consolidated Government of Augusta-Richmond County (Balance) | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Fairington | 0.8 miles | 20 | |
| Windsor Spring | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Quail Hollow | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hidden Hills | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Woodlake | 1.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358038. 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.