Brewer, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ludowici South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31316. The Survey maps it on the Ludowici quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Brewer within Long County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1943 USGS Ludowici quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Ludowici quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

391 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Brewer (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,470 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 161 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	161
Debris and open burning	134
Natural	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6

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 2017	Recreation and ceremony	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-LONG-001
4 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-LONG-008
30 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Long 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ludowici	3.8 miles	13
Aimar	5.2 miles	17
Tibet (historical)	5.9 miles	13
Elim	8.0 miles	17
Wefanie	9.5 miles	16
Roderick (historical)	10.9 miles	16
Donald	13.3 miles	16
Smiley Crossroads	13.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348152. 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.