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Blacksboro, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in The Rock-Yatesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. The Survey maps it on the Thomaston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Blacksboro 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

447 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 447 fires within 5 miles of Blacksboro (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 49 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 burning268
Arson/incendiarism49
Equipment and vehicle use34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Recreation and ceremony19
Natural18
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON002
4 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-UPSON-011
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-007
29 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON013
29 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-011
22 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson 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 Blacksboro (historical): 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 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
Bentley ProspectMicaProspect
Cliff Middlebrooks DepositMicaOccurrence
Colbert MineMicaPast Producer
Corley MineMicaPast Producer
Corley ProspectsMicaProspect
Emmit Trice ProspectMicaProspect
J M Bevel DepositMicaOccurrence
Reynolds MineMicaPast Producer
S.P.Cronheim 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
McKinney1.7 miles12
The Rock2.3 miles10
Delray2.4 miles12
Paynes Mill3.2 miles12
Dog Crossing3.3 miles12
Rest Haven3.7 miles10
Topeka Junction4.0 miles10
East Thomaston4.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346688. 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.