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Beech Hill, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Toomsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31090. The Survey maps it on the Toomsboro quadrangle.

Beech Hill within Wilkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Beech Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,706 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 58 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 burning66
Arson/incendiarism58
Smoking30
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6

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
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WILKINSON-010
15 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning49 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning70 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1999Debris and open burning42 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson 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 Hill: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Clay. 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
Gardner Mill No 9ClayProducer
Kaolin MineKaolinPast Producer
Mrs. E J Story ProspectKaolinProspect
Mrs. Fannie Bell Hatch ProspectKaolinProspect
Prim MineKaolinProducer
C M Hodges Sr ProspectAluminumProspect
Cannon MineAluminumPast Producer
Cason MineAluminumPast Producer
Cason ProspectAluminumProspect
Freeman MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wilkinson 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
Toomsboro3.7 miles12
Wriley8.1 miles13
Irwinton8.7 miles13
McIntyre9.8 miles13
Nicklesville10.2 miles8
Youngblood Corners (historical)10.5 miles12
Edgars10.9 miles13
Dedrich11.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354527. 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.