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Wellington Woods, Georgia

12 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 31093. The Survey maps it on the Warner Robins NW quadrangle.

Wellington Woods within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

362 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 362 fires within 5 miles of Wellington Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 66 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 burning135
Misuse of fire by a minor69
Arson/incendiarism66
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance5

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
7 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2017Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-PEACH-001
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-PEACH-011
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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 Wellington Woods: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J&J Lumber Co. QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Macon Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Houston 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
Centerville1.0 miles12
Crestwood Estates1.3 miles12
Antebellum Plateau1.3 miles12
Sedgefield1.4 miles12
Ashlund Ridge1.5 miles12
Fairview Estates1.6 miles12
Antebellum North1.9 miles12
Echo Glen2.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1671794. 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.