Elgin, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest Butts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30233. The Survey maps it on the High Falls quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Elgin within Butts County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS High Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

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 Elgin (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 653 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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 burning	152
Arson/incendiarism	21
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Smoking	14
Natural	8
Recreation and ceremony	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
29 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-BUTTS-002
25 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	6.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MONROE-013
13 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-MONROE-012
12 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butts 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Towaliga (historical)	3.5 miles	11
Indian Springs	4.6 miles	14
Jackson	5.1 miles	12
Pepperton	5.6 miles	12
Bibb (historical)	5.9 miles	12
Flovilla	5.9 miles	12
Sandy	6.8 miles	14
Jenkinsburg	7.0 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 345811. 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.