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Briarhill, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Peachtree City-Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30290. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.

Briarhill within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Briarhill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 531 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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 burning60
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
16 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FAYETTE-001
1 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burning24 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COWETA-004
17 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FAYETTE-001
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FAYETTE-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Briarhill: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
A.J. Mcelwaney QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Stop0.9 miles9
Timberidge1.0 miles9
Brookwood1.4 miles9
Tyrone1.4 miles9
Valleywood Corners1.4 miles9
Tyrone Acres1.5 miles9
Sandy Creek1.7 miles9
Sandy Ridge Estates1.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687680. 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.