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Bumphead, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellaville South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31806. The Survey maps it on the Andersonville quadrangle.

Bumphead within Schley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Bumphead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 656 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 6 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 burning120
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-SUMTER-002
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-SCHLEY-004
6 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020SCHLEY003
25 September 1996Debris and open burning3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-SCHLEY-003
22 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019SCHLEY001
20 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-SUMTER-018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Schley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Bumphead: 9 past producers, 8 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kaolin, Aluminum, Kaolin, Clay. 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
Sumter County MineClayPast Producer
Webb Pit No. M3ClayPast Producer
Andersonville Bauxite DistrictAluminum, KaolinPast ProducerSEDIMENTARY
Holloway PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Mulcoa Plant No 1Aluminum, KaolinPast Producer
Clark PropertyKaolin, AluminumProspect
English MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer
G.W. Holloway PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Gammage PropertyAluminum, KaolinProspect
Ideal MineAluminum, KaolinPast Producer

Every working recorded in Schley 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
La Crosse2.0 miles7
Ellaville6.5 miles7
Walls Crossing9.9 miles8
Murrays Crossroads10.3 miles8
Concord12.3 miles8

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 Q122539378The 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 326201. 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.