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Creek Indian, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Anneewakee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Campbellton quadrangle.

Creek Indian within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Creek Indian between 1992 and 2019, burning about 612 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural1

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
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DOUGLAS-001
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH003
13 September 2003Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DOUGLAS-001
31 August 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Creek Indian: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Altizer PitClayProducer
Douglas County Clay MineClayProducer
Anders DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Circle P Ranch Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnston & Garrett MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stovall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Suggs DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Pit and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Douglas Estates1.9 miles17
Five Notch Acres2.1 miles17
Chapel Hill2.2 miles17
Doublegate2.3 miles17
Rebel Trail2.3 miles17
Anneewakee2.6 miles17
Hilderbrand2.8 miles17
The Meadows North3.1 miles17

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 Q122567947The 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 1686457. 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.