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Vandiver, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Carnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30521. The Survey maps it on the Red Hill quadrangle.

Vandiver within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Vandiver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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 burning103
Equipment and vehicle use28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3

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
5 September 2003Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2016Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FRANKLIN-007
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FRANKLIN-003
17 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021FRANKLIN002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Vandiver: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Weldon MineMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Franklin 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
Parhams1.9 miles15
Salubrity (historical)2.3 miles15
Carnesville2.3 miles15
Red Hill2.4 miles13
Unity4.2 miles13
Fairview4.7 miles15
Walnut Hill (historical)5.5 miles14
Plainview6.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333319. 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.