Brighton Heights, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Forsyth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31029. The Survey maps it on the Forsyth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1951 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Forsyth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
289 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Brighton Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 569 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 28 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 burning | 155 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 17 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MONROE002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Brighton Heights: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| C A Ensign Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Calloway Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| F B Willingham Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| L P Goodwin Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Old Callaway Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Phinazee Mines | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Rosa Fletcher Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Thurman Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| U.S.Fuller Prospect | Mica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Mills | 0.1 miles | 14 | |
| Forsyth | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Star Mills | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Maynard | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Collier | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Logwall | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Box Ankle | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Brent | 5.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343023. 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.







