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Crystal Hills, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Watkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30606. It stands on Barber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Athens West quadrangle.

Crystal Hills within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Crystal Hills between 1992 and 2017, burning about 255 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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 burning52
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crystal Hills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Highland Oaks0.5 miles15
Spartan Lane0.9 miles15
Tee Pee1.0 miles15
Ivywood1.0 miles15
Tanglebrook1.2 miles15
Ben Dowdy1.2 miles15
Beverly Heights1.4 miles15
Daniel Plantation1.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356715. 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.