BlockTravelers Rest, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Montezuma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31063. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montezuma quadrangle.
On record in Travelers Rest
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.
- DeVaughn-Lewis Houselisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Montezuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
240 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Travelers Rest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 945 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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 burning | 128 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON005 |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON004 |
| 5 September 1995 | Smoking | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MACON003 |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Travelers Rest: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andersonville Works | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Outcrop | Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Travelers Rest in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Travelers Rest | $2,000 | Trees down at intersection of Vienna Road and Milford Street. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cutoff | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Montezuma | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fields | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Spalding | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Oglethorpe | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Four Points | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Clearview | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bartlett | 5.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346986. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.