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Brookhaven, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Columbus West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31906. It stands on Lindsey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.

Brookhaven within Muscogee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Brookhaven between 1992 and 2018, burning about 366 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning12
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural2

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
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MUSCOGEE-001
22 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MUSCOGEE-001
11 September 2002Smoking34 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MUSCOGEE-001
29 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 1995Natural11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 July 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Muscogee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Brookhaven: 13 producers, 1 past producer. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Chattahoochee River GravelSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerIlmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon
Dixieland PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
Bussey PitClayProducer
Cilla MineClayProducer
No. 1 PitClayProducer
No. 4 MinesClayPast Producer
Woolfolk MineClayProducer
Brown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dixieland MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brookhaven in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBrookhaven$2,000The broadcast media reported trees and power lines blown down on Buena Vista Road near Holly Hills.
March 2023HailBrookhaven-Report of 1 Inch hail at st. marys rd and oakley dr.

Every storm recorded in Muscogee 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
Muscogee0.4 miles26
Saint Marys Hills0.5 miles26
Willett0.7 miles26
Parkchester0.7 miles26
Dimon Head0.8 miles26
Carver Heights0.8 miles26
Holly Hills0.9 miles26
Andrew Woods1.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331244. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.