Braswell Corners, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It stands on Pegamore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1906 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1908 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
258 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Braswell Corners between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,944 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 112 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Braswell Corners: 11 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Feldspar, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cochran Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Fred Dukes Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Turner Prospect | Mica, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Poole Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Dunaway Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hobbs | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hodges | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Mathews Property | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Merrit Prospect | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Michigan Au Mining Company | Gold | Prospect | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windmill Creek | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Saddle Up Estates | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Remus | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Westfork | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Burnt Hickory Acres | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Burnt Hickory Ridge Estates | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Forrister | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Burnt Hickory Farms | 4.2 miles | 18 |
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 Q122569632 | 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 349787. 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.










