BlockMaxim, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. It stands on Wells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plum Branch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plum Branch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Maxim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 438 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 19 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-LINCOLN-002 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Maxim: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Bussey Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Samuels Place (Rhodes Taturn?) | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Searles Prospect | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martins Crossroads | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Double Branches | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Leverett | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| New Hope | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Bussey | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Agnes (historical) | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| White Rock (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Lincolnton | 7.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332335. 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.