Browns, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. It stands on Richland Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Browns within Bartow County

On record in Browns

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.

Valley Viewlisted 1974 · 0.6 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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.

1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1906 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1908 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Browns (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,145 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 88 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	88
Debris and open burning	70
Misuse of fire by a minor	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Recreation and ceremony	9
Natural	9

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
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1993	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2016	Debris and open burning	21 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-BARTOW-007
3 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1998	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Browns (historical): 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Barium-Barite, Iron, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Ladd Lime and Stone Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Cartersville Operation	Barium-Barite, Calcium	Past Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman Mine	Barium-Barite, Calcium	Past Producer
Unnamed Iron Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Unnamed Iron Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
C.C. Brown Property	Manganese	Prospect	1919
Cain Mining Bartow Operations	Barium-Barite	Producer
Calhoun and Locke Property	Manganese	Prospect	1917
Pitman Property	Manganese	Occurrence	1919

Every working recorded in Bartow 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Valley Oak Acres	0.7 miles	18
Shellman (historical)	0.9 miles	18
Indian Valley	1.3 miles	18
Malbone (historical)	1.6 miles	18
Mission Estates	2.3 miles	19
Ladds	2.5 miles	19
Parkerosa	2.5 miles	18
Stilesboro	3.0 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334241. 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.