Browntown, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waynesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31543. It lies near Flowers Island. The Survey maps it on the Browntown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1918 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Hortense quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Browntown quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
236 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Browntown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,803 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 60 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 | 78 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Natural | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BRANTLEY021 |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Natural | 24 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-BRANTLEY-009 |
| 18 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BRANTLEY-007 |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | 120 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BRANTLEY-015 |
| 25 August 2011 | Natural | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BRANTLEY-014 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Browntown in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Heavy Rain | Browntown | - | A public weather station off of GA Highway 32 measured 2.3 inches of rainfall. Rain | began shortly after 4 pm and continued through about 5:30 pm. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browntown | - | Numerous trees were blown down across northeast Brantley county. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Browntown | - | Part of house roof was damaged with one shed destroyed. Two trees were also blown down near Highway 32 east of Browntown Road. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Browntown | - | A spotter reported golf ball size hail near Highway 32 in Northeastern Brantley County. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Browntown | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Hail | Browntown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Popwellville | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fendig | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Needmore | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Waynesville | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Atkinson | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Hortense | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Trudie | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Manson (historical) | 10.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331258. 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.
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.








