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Anthony Crossroads, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30824. The Survey maps it on the Wrightsboro quadrangle.

Anthony Crossroads within McDuffie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Anthony Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 410 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 4 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 burning79
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MCDUFFIE-005
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MCDUFFIE-008
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
19 September 2011Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-012
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2020Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021MCDUFFIE003
11 September 2011Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Anthony Crossroads: 5 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Parks MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
LandersGold, LeadProspectVein
PorterGold, LeadProspectVein
TathamGold, LeadProspectVein
WoodallGold, LeadProspectVein
Columbia Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Hamilton Gold MineGoldPast Producer
The Parks Gold MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDuffie 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
Tatham Mines (historical)2.3 miles14
Columbia Mine (historical)2.3 miles14
Shiloh (historical)2.4 miles20
Hamilton Crossroads3.0 miles20
Wrightsboro3.1 miles14
Raysville3.8 miles20
Three Points4.1 miles14
Scuffletown5.5 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 Q122563693The 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 348744. 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.