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Clarks Junction, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coldwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. It stands on Carters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Branch quadrangle.

Clarks Junction within Elbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Clarks Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 22 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 burning140
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Smoking14
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Natural4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-ELBERT-002
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-ELBERT-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Clarks Junction: 7 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Continental QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Childs Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Old Harper QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Adams QuarryGraniteProducer
Beaver Dam QuarryGranitePast Producer
Blue Ribbon QuarryGranitePast Producer
Coronet QuarryGranitePast Producer
Peerless Extra Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Scales QuarryGranitePast Producer
Swift Quarry McclanahanGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Elbert 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
Harmony1.7 miles14
North Elberton1.9 miles14
Elberton3.0 miles15
Goss3.1 miles14
Silk Mills3.5 miles15
Centerville3.9 miles14
Ruckersville4.0 miles14
Ethridge4.6 miles15

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 Q122540367The 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 347810. 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.