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Fernbrook, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Evans census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30809. It stands on Bettys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Martinez quadrangle.

Fernbrook within Columbia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Fernbrook between 1992 and 2019, burning about 424 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-COLUMBIA-004
2 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2014Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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
Snead0.4 miles25
Creek View0.5 miles25
Deerwood Estates1.1 miles24
Deerwood Acres1.2 miles24
Shenandoah Woods1.9 miles25
Woodbridge2.1 miles24
Chimney Hill2.2 miles24
Stevens Creek West2.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348886. 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.