Bowdon Junction, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mount Zion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. The Survey maps it on the Bremen quadrangle. It stands 1,243 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1973 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Bowdon Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 777 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 100 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 | 129 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARALSON-007 |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CARROLL-007 |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-004 |
| 30 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HARALSON-003 |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bowdon Junction: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Iron, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds Mountain | Gold, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | Sulfide Segregations | |
| Reeds Mountain Mine | Sulfur, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Reeds Mountain Prospect | Cobalt, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Reeds Mt. Mine | Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Miller Academy | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Zion | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Buck Creek (historical) | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Jake | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Plowshare (historical) | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Holly Heights | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Ridge Estates | 5.0 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bowdon Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19986539 | 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 331213. 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.








