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Davis Crossroads, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Kensington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30707. It stands on Shaw Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kensington quadrangle.

Davis Crossroads within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

204 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Davis Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 870 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 67 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 burning116
Arson/incendiarism67
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WALKER002
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism114 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use24 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Davis Crossroads: 17 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Horine Development Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Patton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cassandra AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Estelle Mining CompIronPast Producer
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Estelle Station (historical)0.8 miles26
Kensington1.3 miles26
Estelle1.5 miles25
Valley Head2.0 miles25
Hall Mill2.0 miles26
Cassandra2.6 miles25
Frick Gap (historical)3.1 miles25
Marsh Crossing3.4 miles25

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.

Wikipedia article on Davis CrossroadsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19867316The 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 331520. 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.