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Briscoe, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedartown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30125. The Survey maps it on the Cedartown East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Briscoe within Polk 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

511 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 511 fires within 5 miles of Briscoe (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,745 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 242 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/incendiarism242
Debris and open burning207
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
6 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-POLK-002
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-006
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-FLOYD-001
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism33 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism27 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Briscoe (historical): 33 prospects, 31 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
Harper TractIron, ManganesePast Producer1895
Penland HillManganese, Nickel, CobaltProducerResidual
Berkstresser Prop Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Berkstresser, H.L. ProspectCobalt, NickelProducerReplacement
Gibson MineManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerResidual
Gibson MineCobalt, ManganesePast Producer
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cave Spring-DIronPast ProducerResidual
Cuzzort PropertyIronPast Producer1898
J D Waddell MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Lake Creek1.8 miles19
Cedartown2.6 miles18
Seney6.3 miles17
Grady (historical)7.0 miles19
Fish Creek7.9 miles19
Benedict8.0 miles14
Fish8.2 miles16
Hamlet (historical)8.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343528. 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.