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Cross Plains, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30116. It stands on Gilley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hulett quadrangle.

Cross Plains within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Cross Plains between 1992 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 71 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 burning117
Arson/incendiarism71
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CARROLL-006
25 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cross Plains: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Jones Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stacy MineGoldPast ProducerVein
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Dingler Crossroads2.3 miles16
Hodge (historical)2.3 miles16
Oak Mountain2.5 miles16
Emily (historical)2.9 miles16
Clem3.0 miles16
Knob Hill3.1 miles16
Banning Mills3.5 miles16
Lang (historical)3.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355381. 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.