BlockWaterford South, Georgia
11 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 31005. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Warner Robins quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Warner Robins SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Waterford South between 1992 and 2019, burning about 981 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 39 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 | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TWIGGS004 |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | 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 Waterford South: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Creek Road Quarry | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River West | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Claybed | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bonaire | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bonaire Heights | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Pointe | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lashley | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Stathams Landing | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Holly Bluff | 3.4 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553061 | The 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 1671792. 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.