BlockWestville, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lumpkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31815. It stands on West Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lumpkin quadrangle.
On record in Westville
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 15 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Chattahoochee County Courthouselisted 1980 · 0.1 miles away
Lumpkin Commercial Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Stewart County Courthouselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Armstrong Houselisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Bedingfield Innlisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Uptown Residential Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away- Second Methodist Churchlisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
- Bush-Usher Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
- Jared Irwin Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
- East Main Street Residential Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
- Mathis Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
- Dr. Miller's Officelisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Lumpkin quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Lumpkin quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Lumpkin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Lumpkin quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
244 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Westville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 800 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 13 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 | 178 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 | Equipment and vehicle use | 21 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-STEWART-004 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Smoking | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-STEWART-001 |
| 26 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-STEWART-004 |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 Westville: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Stewart Operations | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumpkin | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Zion (historical) | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Tilley (historical) | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Randall | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Charles | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Beatrice | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sunlight (historical) | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Richland | 7.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347376. 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.