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Winfield Hill, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Appling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30802. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle.

Winfield Hill within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Winfield Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 601 acres in total. 8 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 burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COLUMBIA001
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
20 September 2011Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COLUMBIA-014
12 September 2005Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Winfield Hill: 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
DillGoldPast ProducerVein
Edmunds ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Julia Or Phelps MineGoldProspectVein
PaschalGoldProspectVein
Ramsey PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Winfield2.9 miles20
Cluese (historical)4.3 miles20
Dunn Chapel5.1 miles20
Leah5.3 miles20
Phinizy5.9 miles20
Howell8.3 miles20
Pollards Corner8.3 miles20
Appling8.9 miles20

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 Q122544852The 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 333450. 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.