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Logtown, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Salem census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Kendall Branch. The Survey maps it on the Logtown quadrangle.

Logtown within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Logtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 822 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 32 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 burning117
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON004
16 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON008
14 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019UPSON001
7 August 2002Natural74 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-UPSON-007
7 August 2002Natural1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-UPSON-006
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Logtown: 19 past producers, 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. 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
Blount No. 1 MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Barron MineMicaPast Producer
Battles MineMicaPast Producer
Bennie Barron MineMicaPast Producer
Boyt MineMicaPast Producer
Charlie Nims MineMicaPast Producer
Chatfield MineMicaPast Producer
Corley MineMicaPast Producer
Corley ProspectsMicaProspect
Cunningham ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Upson 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
Redbone Crossroads3.8 miles12
Birdsong Crossroads4.6 miles12
Yatesville5.0 miles10
Salem6.3 miles10
Rest Haven6.9 miles10
Blacksboro (historical)7.0 miles12
East Thomaston7.3 miles12
McKinney7.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 317290. 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.