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Gholston Stand Crossroads, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Comer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30629. The Survey maps it on the Danielsville South quadrangle.

Gholston Stand Crossroads within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Gholston Stand Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 308 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 31 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 burning120
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5

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
7 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2003Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gholston Stand Crossroads: 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
J. Threlkeld PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
O. Threlkeld PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
Smith PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Webb PlacerGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Porterfield1.4 miles14
Comer2.3 miles14
Paoli2.9 miles14
Cedar Grove3.6 miles15
Vineyard Creek3.6 miles14
Jeptha3.9 miles14
Transco3.9 miles15
Danielsville4.6 miles14

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 Q122596663The 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 356008. 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.