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Foxcroft, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the LaGrange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30240. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Grange quadrangle.

Foxcroft within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Foxcroft between 1992 and 2019, burning about 458 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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 burning76
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking5

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
29 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TROUP-003
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TROUP001
25 September 2008Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1996Debris and open burning6.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Foxcroft: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Crosby ProspectMicaProspect
Davis ProspectMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Troup 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
Willowcrest0.5 miles12
Wildwood0.9 miles12
Brookwood1.3 miles12
Pinehaven Estates1.6 miles12
Lake Forest Hills1.7 miles12
Spring Valley2.0 miles12
Piney Hills2.1 miles12
Cameron Cove2.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673205. 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.