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Broadfield, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Everett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31525. It stands on New Hope Creek. The Survey maps it on the Darien quadrangle.

Broadfield within Glynn County

On record in Broadfield

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Surveyed buildings and structures 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Santo Domingo Mission (Ruins), Near Altamaha Canal (River), Broadfield, Glynn County, GA
Santo Domingo Mission (Ruins), Near Altamaha Canal (River), Broadfield, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
"Altama", North Main Brunswick Highway, Broadfield, Glynn County, GA
"Altama", North Main Brunswick Highway, Broadfield, Glynn County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Broadfield between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,775 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 61 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/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning50
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1992Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2008Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Natural14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2016Natural7.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-GLYNN-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glynn County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Broadfield: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. 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
North DarienTitaniumProspect

Every working recorded in Glynn 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
Evelyn0.7 miles15
Boys Estate0.9 miles15
New Hope1.7 miles15
Marshes-of-Mackay2.8 miles15
Oglethorpe Manor3.0 miles15
North End3.6 miles15
Groveside Park4.0 miles17
Windward Acres4.6 miles17

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 Q122592208The 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 331238. 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.