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Bullochville, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 31816. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bullochville within Meriwether County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 22 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Bullochville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 636 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 28 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 burning122
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6

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 2019Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MERIWETHER004
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-TALBOT-005
29 September 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MERIWETHER-008
21 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TALBOT009
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-MERIWETHER-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meriwether County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bullochville (historical): 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin. 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
Warm Springs BauxiteKaolinPast Producer1910, 1915
ProspectAluminumProspect
Red Bauxite OutcropAluminumOccurrence
Republic MineAluminumPast Producer
Smith Prospect No. 1AluminumProspect
Smith Prospect No. 2AluminumProspect
Turner ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Meriwether 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
Routons Crossroads1.1 miles22
Bussey Crossroads1.2 miles22
Warm Springs1.5 miles22
Bulloch Crossroads1.8 miles22
Manchester2.9 miles22
Johnson Crossroads2.9 miles22
Loftin3.0 miles22
Persico3.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 346840. 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.