BlockFlowers Crossing, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30044. It stands on Pew Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luxomni quadrangle.
On record in Flowers Crossing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Robert Craig Plantationlisted 1990 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Luxomni quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Luxomni quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Luxomni quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Flowers Crossing between 1992 and 2013, burning about 255 acres in total. None started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GWINNETT-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Flowers Crossing: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Blue Quarry | Granite | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cricket Hill | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Bristol Downs | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Emerald Forest | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Inglenook | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Bridgewater | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| River Bridge | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Coopers Pond | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fairfield Farms | 1.3 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598170 | The 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 1688138. 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.