Briarwood, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Columbus West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31906. It stands on Dram Branch. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.
On record in Briarwood
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hiltonlisted 1972 · 0.3 miles away
Cedars, Thelisted 1971 · 0.8 miles away
Robert E. Dismukes Sr. Houselisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away- Hillcrest-Wildwood Circle Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.4 miles away
- Wynnton Village Historic Districtlisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away
- Peacock Woods-Dimon Circle Historic Districtlisted 2003 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1908 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Briarwood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 355 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 9.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 22 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 29 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Natural | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Briarwood: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussey Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Cilla Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kendrick Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| No. 1 Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Phenix City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Woolfolk Mine | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey Park | 0.3 miles | 26 | |
| Wynnton | 0.4 miles | 26 | |
| Boxwood Estates | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Wynnton Grove | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Carriage Estates | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Carver Heights | 0.8 miles | 26 | |
| Averett Woods | 0.9 miles | 26 | |
| Weracoba Heights | 1.1 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357263. 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.










