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Carrols Crossing, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Suwanee-Duluth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30518. The Survey maps it on the Suwanee quadrangle.

Carrols Crossing within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

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 Carrols Crossing between 1992 and 2015, burning about 277 acres in total. 2 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 burning29
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
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
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burning5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Natural3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GWINNETT-003
2 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Carrols Crossing: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chattahoochee River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shakerag MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
CollinsGoldProspectVein
Level Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Settles PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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
North Pointe1.2 miles20
Old Suwanee Estates1.3 miles20
Abbey Hill1.3 miles20
Level Creek1.4 miles20
Frontier Forest1.5 miles20
Sugar Hill1.8 miles20
Sugar Ridge1.9 miles20
Settles Bridge2.0 miles20

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 Q122594110The 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 331328. 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.