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Brice, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30173. The Survey maps it on the Cedartown East quadrangle.

Brice within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

642 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 642 fires within 5 miles of Brice between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,693 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 322 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/incendiarism322
Debris and open burning217
Equipment and vehicle use33
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural7
Smoking6

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 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-POLK-003
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-008
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-POLK-002
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-007
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Brice: 28 past producers, 23 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Berkstresser, H.L. ProspectCobalt, NickelProducerReplacement
Harper TractIron, ManganesePast Producer1895
Ladd Lime and Stone Co PitsClayPast Producer
Couper PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual
Hillyer PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
Wood and Reynolds PropertyManganeseProspect1902
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cave Spring-DIronPast ProducerResidual
Johnson PropertyIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brice in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2013: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 7 injuries. 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
March 2013Thunderstorm WindBrice7 hurt, $300,000A National Weather Service storm survey team determined that straight-line winds between 80 and 100 MPH occurred in the Silver Creek area. A home off Center Road was damaged by winds approximately 80 MPH. Numerous trees were uprooted or snapped along Highway 101 where the Silver Creek Mini Mart was heavily damaged. Winds were estimated at 100 MPH at this location. Also, several homes were damaged due to falling trees. Seven minor injuries occurred in the Silver Creek area, with three requiring hospitalization.
March 2012HailBrice-Floyd County Emergency Management and the public reported quarter-sized hail across southeastern Floyd County, from near Rockmart Road to near Shiflett and Pleasant Hope Roads. The hail began as pea size and increased rapidly to quarter size, briefly accumulating.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Green1.5 miles19
Reeseburg2.0 miles18
Relay2.2 miles19
Wax3.5 miles18
Silvermont3.9 miles18
Ridgedale3.9 miles18
Ridgewood Estates4.4 miles18
Boozeville4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331231. 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.