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Dixon Crossroads, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It stands on Glade Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tallulah Falls quadrangle.

Dixon Crossroads within Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Dixon Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 477 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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 burning174
Arson/incendiarism27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HABERSHAM001
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dixon Crossroads: 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Kyanite. 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
Clarksville District Kyn OccurrenceKyanitePast Producer1932
Piedmont College FarmIronPast ProducerResidual
Habersham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stamborough QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
C.T. WillbanksGoldPast ProducerVein
H. WoodsGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Nichols PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Habersham 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
Anandale (historical)1.1 miles19
Clarkesville1.7 miles18
Soquee (historical)1.8 miles18
Hills2.0 miles18
College Park2.1 miles19
Hollywood3.1 miles19
Habersham Station (historical)3.2 miles18
Bert (historical)3.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331562. 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.