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Campbell, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Round Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31038. The Survey maps it on the Gray quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Campbell within Jones County

On record in Campbell

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Campbell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,080 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 20 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 burning199
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking16
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020JONES005
3 September 1997Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Debris and open burning9.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JONES005
21 September 1993Natural6.0 acresPiedmont National Wildlife RefugeCOMP34WF
19 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones 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
Wayside1.4 miles11
Round Oak2.0 miles11
Smalls Crossing (historical)2.6 miles11
Bradley3.3 miles11
Crutchfield (historical)3.7 miles11
Fippin (historical)4.7 miles11
Five Points5.0 miles11
Bragg5.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345340. 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.