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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1935 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Lincoln Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 160 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020UPSON004 |
| 9 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blount No. 1 Mine | Mica, Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| B S Gibson Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Barron Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bennie Barron Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Boyt Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Corley Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Corley Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Cumbie Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Cunningham Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redbone Crossroads | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Logtown | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Salem | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lincoln Park | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| East Thomaston | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Thomaston | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Silvertown | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| McKinney | 8.3 miles | 12 |
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 Q122597956 | 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 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.






