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Brownwood Acres, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stockbridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30281. It stands on Brush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stockbridge quadrangle.

Brownwood Acres within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Brownwood Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 17 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 burning90
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5

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
6 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burning3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HENRY-006
17 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HENRY-004
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brownwood Acres: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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
Maddox MineMicaPast Producer
Stockbridge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Henry 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
Brownwood0.5 miles18
Pinehurst0.7 miles18
Pine Valley Estates0.7 miles18
Woodhaven Estates0.7 miles18
Highland Village1.1 miles18
Mahers (historical)1.5 miles18
Bridgewood1.5 miles18
Circle Creek1.6 miles18

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 Q122557417The 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 1671824. 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.