BlockByers Crossroads, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30185. The Survey maps it on the Rico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rico quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Byers Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 619 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 62 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CARROLL-010 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Byers Crossroads: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Mill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banning Mills | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Whitesburg | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Banning | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dingler Crossroads | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Emily (historical) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cross Plains | 6.3 miles | 16 | |
| Lang (historical) | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Hodge (historical) | 7.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122560068 | The 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 326205. 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.