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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.

Brighton Heights within Monroe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

289 since 1992

Regional 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 burning155
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking15
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony4

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Debris and open burning17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MONROE002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monroe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brooks MineMicaPast Producer
C A Ensign MineMicaPast Producer
Calloway MineMicaPast Producer
F B Willingham ProspectMicaProspect
L P Goodwin MineMicaPast Producer
Old Callaway ProspectMicaProspect
Phinazee MinesMicaPast Producer
Rosa Fletcher ProspectMicaProspect
Thurman MineMicaPast Producer
U.S.Fuller ProspectMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Monroe 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
Brighton Mills0.1 miles14
Forsyth1.5 miles14
Star Mills2.7 miles14
Maynard3.4 miles14
Collier3.4 miles10
Logwall4.0 miles14
Box Ankle4.6 miles14
Brent5.8 miles10

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.