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DeBruce, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gracewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30906. It stands on Bowlmaker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hephzibah quadrangle.

DeBruce within Richmond County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

625 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 625 fires within 5 miles of DeBruce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,713 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 316 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
Arson/incendiarism316
Debris and open burning167
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking13
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-RICHMOND-002
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-013
6 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenance5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020RICHMOND005
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-012
5 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-RICHMOND-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richmond County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of DeBruce: 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. 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
Albion Kaolin MineKaolinProducer
Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit BKaolinProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Dixon Airline Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Highway 56 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Karleen Road Pit Vb James SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Knox-Rivers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Morgan Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Richmond 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
Consolidated Government of Augusta-Richmond County (Balance)1.4 miles19
Melton1.6 miles19
Gracewood1.7 miles19
Rain Tree1.8 miles19
Town and Country2.1 miles19
Pepperidge2.4 miles20
Windsor Spring2.5 miles20
Spanish Trace2.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358035. 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.