BlockMosquito Crossing, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the White Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30678. The Survey maps it on the White Plains quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS White Plains quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Mosquito Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 468 acres in total. 10 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 burning | 73 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GREENE-011 |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GREENE-005 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mosquito Crossing: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene County Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Siloam Washing Plant & Pit | Feldspar | Plant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mosquito Crossing in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mosquito Crossing | $2,000 | Tree down at the intersection of White Plains Road and Syrup Mill Crossing. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mosquito Crossing | $2,000 | The Green County Emergency Manager reported that several trees were blown down across southern and southeastern Greene County. The trees were all large pine trees, but were either dying or dead. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock (historical) | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Ruth (historical) | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Veazey | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Liberty | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| White Plains | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Swaggy Valley | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Siloam | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Comfort (historical) | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122560032 | The 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 332425. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.