BlockBroad Acres, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30606. It stands on Trail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athens West quadrangle.
On record in Broad Acres
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 42 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Upson Houselisted 1973 · 0.1 miles away
Lucy Cobb Institute Campuslisted 1972 · 0.2 miles away
Dr. James S. Hamilton Houselisted 1979 · 0.2 miles away
Cobbham Historic Districtlisted 1978 · 0.3 miles away
Albin P. Dearing Houselisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Wilkins Houselisted 1970 · 0.4 miles away
James A. Sledge Houselisted 1974 · 0.5 miles away
Thomas-Carithers Houselisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Newton Houselisted 2002 · 0.5 miles away
Cobb, T.R.R., Houselisted 2013 · 0.5 miles away
Clarke County Jaillisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
President's Houselisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Athens West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Athens West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Broad Acres between 1992 and 2017, burning about 222 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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/incendiarism | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CLARKE-004 |
| 2 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-OCONEE-002 |
| 2 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Broad Acres: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athens Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadacres Homes | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cobbham (historical) | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Park View Homes | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Athens | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County (Balance) | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Adams | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Beechwood Hills | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Stonemill Run | 1.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672671. 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.