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Brannan, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McDonough census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30253. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stockbridge quadrangle.

Brannan within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Brannan between 1992 and 2017, burning about 484 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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 burning91
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burning3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HENRY-006
19 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brannan: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Maddox MineMicaPast Producer
Stockbridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Walker PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Tunis (historical)1.2 miles18
Highland Village1.4 miles18
Woodhaven Estates1.7 miles18
Pine Valley Estates1.8 miles18
Brownwood2.0 miles18
Millers Mill2.1 miles18
Flippen2.4 miles11
Brownwood Acres2.4 miles18

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 Q122542489The 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 1671820. 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.