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Bryan Neck, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Richmond Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31324. The Survey maps it on the Richmond Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bryan Neck within Bryan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Bryan Neck (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,013 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 73 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/incendiarism73
Debris and open burning66
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural6
Smoking2

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
5 September 2016Debris and open burning3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BRYAN SOUTH-003
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2008Natural6.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BRYAN SOUTH-002
22 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2016Natural45 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BRYAN SOUTH-002
17 August 2002Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHATHAM-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bryan 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
Brisbon0.6 miles18
Richmond Hill0.9 miles18
Port Royal1.6 miles18
Rabbit Hill2.3 miles18
Daniel3.2 miles18
Myrtle Grove4.2 miles17
Buckhead5.2 miles17
Sweet Hill6.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350500. 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.