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Beech Creek Homes, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. The Survey maps it on the Rock Mountain quadrangle.

Beech Creek Homes within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Beech Creek Homes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 962 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 93 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/incendiarism93
Debris and open burning92
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3

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
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
30 September 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-007
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-006
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FLOYD-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Beech Creek Homes: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barnsley MinesAluminumPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
Bickerstaff Clay ProductsClayUnknown
Floyd County MineClayProducer
Lavender Clay PitClayProducer
Martin MineClayProducer
Oconee Clay Products Co PitsClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Rice Springs Estates0.5 miles17
Huffaker0.7 miles18
Cherokee Acres0.8 miles18
Fair Oaks0.9 miles18
Rollingwood0.9 miles17
Lakeview1.1 miles17
Sunset Acres1.2 miles18
West Rome1.5 miles18

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 Q122563653The 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 353534. 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.