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Columbia Mine, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30824. It stands on Broom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wrightsboro quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Columbia Mine within McDuffie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Columbia Mine (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2002Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MCDUFFIE-008
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2020Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021MCDUFFIE003
9 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Columbia Mine (historical): 7 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Parks MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
LandersGold, LeadProspectVein
PorterGold, LeadProspectVein
TathamGold, LeadProspectVein
WoodallGold, LeadProspectVein
Columbia Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Hamilton Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Hilly MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Lon Edmonds MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDuffie 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
Tatham Mines (historical)1.5 miles14
Anthony Crossroads2.3 miles14
Shiloh (historical)4.4 miles20
Raysville4.5 miles20
Wrightsboro4.6 miles14
Hamilton Crossroads5.2 miles20
Three Points5.9 miles14
Rousseau Spring (historical)7.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348752. 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.