Bussey, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. It stands on Double Branches. The Survey maps it on the Leah quadrangle.

Bussey within Lincoln County

On record in Bussey

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Double Branches Historic Districtlisted 1993 · 0.7 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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.

1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
1921 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Leah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Bussey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 7 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	48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	7
Natural	5
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	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
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2006	Debris and open burning	6.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	19 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2008	Natural	17 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bussey: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bohler (Mathis)	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Bussey Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Samuels Place (Rhodes Taturn?)	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Double Branches	1.6 miles	16
Martins Crossroads	4.1 miles	16
Maxim	4.2 miles	16
New Hope	4.4 miles	19
Agnes (historical)	6.3 miles	19
Salem (historical)	6.3 miles	19
Leverett	6.6 miles	16
Leathersville	7.0 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334185. 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.