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Brent, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Culloden-Bolingbroke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. The Survey maps it on the Strouds quadrangle.

Brent within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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 Brent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 535 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 burning111
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking8
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MONROE-005
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burning2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Brent: 8 past producers, 6 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
J T Means MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Brooks MineMicaPast Producer
C A Ensign MineMicaPast Producer
Cox ProspectMicaProspect
F B Willingham ProspectMicaProspect
Fletcher MineMicaPast Producer
Ingraham ProspectsMicaProspect
L P Goodwin MineMicaPast Producer
Old Childs ProspectMicaProspect
Peters MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monroe County

Storms near this place

2 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brent in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2006HailBrent$300,000The Monroe County Emergency Management Director reported golf ball-sized hail across much of the southern part of the county.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindBrent$3,000Three trees down near ga-83 and flint rd.

Every storm recorded in Monroe 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
Collier4.5 miles10
Strouds5.2 miles10
Forsyth5.3 miles14
Russellville5.6 miles10
Star Mills5.6 miles14
Brighton Mills5.7 miles14
Brighton Heights5.8 miles14
Smarr6.8 miles10

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 BrentAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888626The 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 354847. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.