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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1921 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Woodlawn quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLUMBIA001 |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MCDUFFIE-009 |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLUMBIA-014 |
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dill | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Edmunds Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Julia Or Phelps Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Paschal | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Ramsey Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Cluese (historical) | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dunn Chapel | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Leah | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Phinizy | 5.9 miles | 20 | |
| Howell | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Pollards Corner | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Appling | 8.9 miles | 20 |
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 Q122544852 | 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 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.










