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Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance), Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30605. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athens East quadrangle. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance) within Clarke County

On record in Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance)

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 12 of 27 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Clarke 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

91 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 196 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CLARKE-002
28 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CLARKE-001
2 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-OCONEE-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke 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 Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Athens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke 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
Stonemill Run0.2 miles13
Park View Homes0.7 miles15
Athens0.8 miles15
Lakewood1.2 miles13
Shoalsview1.2 miles13
Broad Acres1.3 miles15
Carriage Hills1.4 miles13
Broadacres Homes1.5 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q127387080The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2407405. 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.