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Broomtown, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It stands on Chelsea Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty Gap quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Broomtown within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

473 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 473 fires within 5 miles of Broomtown (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,920 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 237 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/incendiarism237
Debris and open burning193
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Smoking3

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 2016Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATTOOGA-011
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-CHATTOOGA-009
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHATTOOGA-018
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Broomtown (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Stone. 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
Dallas York Tripoli MineStonePast Producer
Neal MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Taylor MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Chattooga 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
Neal Crossing1.3 miles24
Chelsea1.6 miles24
Teloga1.8 miles24
Fairview (historical)3.5 miles17
Duck Creek (historical)4.1 miles19
Euthtilloga (historical)4.3 miles19
Cloudland4.4 miles24
Menlo4.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344422. 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.