Brook Springs, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sandersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31082. It stands on Canal Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tabernacle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tabernacle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
193 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 193 fires within 5 miles of Brook Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,023 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 12 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 burning | 92 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WASHINGTON-005 |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WASHINGTON-015 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 77 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Brook Springs: 29 prospects, 28 producers, 14 past producers, 4 occurrences. 29 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Clay, Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Paper and Fibre Co Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia Kaolin No 1 Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Thiel Kaolin Co Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Anglo American Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Buffalo-China Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| No. 5 Hale Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Scott Mine & Plant | Clay | Plant | ||
| Veal Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Armstrong Pit | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Avant Mine A | Kaolin | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tabernacle | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hebron | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Deepstep | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Goat Town | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ennis | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kaolin | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sandersville | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tennille | 7.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122539527 | The 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 331241. 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.





