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Westfield, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macon West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31204. The Survey maps it on the Macon West quadrangle.

Westfield within Bibb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Westfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 488 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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/incendiarism51
Debris and open burning45
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-001
4 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minor3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BIBB002
30 September 1999Arson/incendiarism15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BIBB001
24 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BIBB-003
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bibb 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 Westfield: 1 producer. 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
Warner Robins Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bibb 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
Christian Rest0.3 miles14
Bloomfield Farms0.4 miles14
Brookhaven0.6 miles14
Lumberhill0.6 miles14
Clarkview0.6 miles14
Bloomfield Gardens0.6 miles14
Crestfield0.8 miles14
Jarrell Heights0.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672345. 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.