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Birdsong Crossroads, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lincoln Park quadrangle.

Birdsong Crossroads within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Birdsong Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,260 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 33 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 burning160
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON004
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1995Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Birdsong Crossroads: 18 past producers, 15 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. 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
Blount No. 1 MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
B S Gibson ProspectsMicaProspect
Barron MineMicaPast Producer
Bennie Barron MineMicaPast Producer
Boyt MineMicaPast Producer
Brown MineMicaPast Producer
Corley MineMicaPast Producer
Corley ProspectsMicaProspect
Cumbie ProspectsMicaProspect
Cunningham ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Upson 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
Redbone Crossroads4.2 miles12
Logtown4.6 miles10
Salem5.0 miles10
Lincoln Park5.6 miles12
East Thomaston6.4 miles12
Thomaston6.6 miles12
Silvertown8.0 miles12
McKinney8.3 miles12

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 Q122597956The 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 354738. 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.