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Brinson Crossing, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wrens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30833. The Survey maps it on the Matthews quadrangle.

Brinson Crossing within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

314 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Brinson Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,062 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 13 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 burning187
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural22
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burning3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JEFFERSON-009
23 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021JEFFERSON005
17 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-JEFFERSON-007
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JEFFERSON005
15 September 2011Debris and open burning57 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-026
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-021
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brinson Crossing: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Iron. 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
Norton PitIronOccurrence
Reedy Creek MineKaolinOccurrence
Wrens Mine Ga-Tenn MiningClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Wrens1.7 miles16
Stellaville2.1 miles16
Wrens Station2.4 miles16
Matthews2.8 miles16
Zebina3.2 miles16
Noah3.9 miles16
Padgett Crossing (historical)5.3 miles16
Stapleton5.8 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122570506The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331236. 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.