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Hamilton Crossroads, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30824. It stands on Little Germany Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winfield quadrangle.

Hamilton Crossroads within McDuffie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Hamilton Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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 burning123
Smoking16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MCDUFFIE-005
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-013
19 September 2011Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-012
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-MCDUFFIE-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hamilton Crossroads: 4 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Parks MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
LandersGold, LeadProspectVein
PorterGold, LeadProspectVein
TathamGold, LeadProspectVein
WoodallGold, LeadProspectVein

Every working recorded in McDuffie 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
Shiloh (historical)1.1 miles20
Scuffletown2.8 miles20
Anthony Crossroads3.0 miles14
Cobbham Crossroads3.2 miles20
Cobbham3.3 miles20
Raysville3.8 miles20
Three Points3.8 miles14
Wrightsboro4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326315. 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.