Middlebrooks, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Barnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30204. The Survey maps it on the Yatesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Middlebrooks within Lamar 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.

1951 USGS Yatesville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS Yatesville quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Middlebrooks (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 821 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 44 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	170
Arson/incendiarism	44
Equipment and vehicle use	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Natural	16
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Recreation and ceremony	8
Smoking	2

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
8 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON002
3 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-LAMAR-002
23 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-UPSON-011
19 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2019	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020UPSON005
10 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Middlebrooks (historical): 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Adams Mine	Mica, Gemstone	Past Producer
Carter Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Clay Creek Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Cliff Middlebrooks Deposit	Mica	Occurrence
Colbert Mine	Mica	Past Producer
J M Bevel Deposit	Mica	Occurrence
Kelly O'Neil Prospects	Mica	Prospect
Perdue Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Stevens-Rock Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Walker Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Lamar 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Graddick (historical)	1.3 miles	10
Wilkinsons (historical)	2.5 miles	10
Revere (historical)	2.7 miles	10
Piedmont	3.1 miles	9
Powell (historical)	3.6 miles	10
Aldora	4.3 miles	10
Lamont (historical)	4.4 miles	10
Milner Crossroads	4.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344054. 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.