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Clayfields, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31054. The Survey maps it on the Massey Hill quadrangle.

Clayfields within Wilkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Clayfields between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,020 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 15 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 burning187
Smoking49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use30
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism15
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Recreation and ceremony8

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 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-009
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1995Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKINSON-007
22 September 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WILKINSON004
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WILKINSON008
20 September 2010Debris and open burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WILKINSON-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Clayfields: 9 producers, 9 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Clay, Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Drill Site 3Kaolin, AluminumProspect
Mcintyre MillClayProducer
Toddville Plant No. 2 and 6ClayProducer
Toddville Plants 6c & 8ClayProducer
Wilkinson County MineClayPast Producer
Adkins MineAluminumPast Producer
Dupree ProspectAluminumProspect
Fountain MineAluminumPast Producer
Mcneal ProspectAluminumProspect
Prospect PitAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Wilkinson 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
Dedrich1.2 miles13
Edgars2.1 miles13
McIntyre3.3 miles13
Youngblood Corners (historical)3.9 miles12
Mount Carmel (historical)3.9 miles12
Ivey4.2 miles10
Carr Corners (historical)4.7 miles12
Gordon4.7 miles10

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 Q122553523The 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 331412. 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.