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Bright Star, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle.

Bright Star within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Bright Star between 1992 and 2019, burning about 620 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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/incendiarism42
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Smoking1

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
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DOUGLAS-001
24 August 2007Natural5.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bright Star: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Circle P Ranch Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Douglasville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
No Name, Lot 77 2nd Dist.GoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Executive Heights0.6 miles17
Gregory Heights0.6 miles17
Sherrian Estates0.6 miles17
Cowan Mill Estates1.0 miles17
Blain Woods1.0 miles17
Twin Pine Estates1.0 miles17
Audubon Forest1.2 miles17
Montage Manor1.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686441. 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.