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Mount Carmel, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Irwinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31054. The Survey maps it on the Napier Pond quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mount Carmel within Wilkinson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

345 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Mount Carmel (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 13 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 burning184
Equipment and vehicle use36
Smoking36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism13
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
26 September 1995Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2020Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WILKINSON004
22 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021WILKINSON003
22 September 2018Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019BALDWIN004
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WILKINSON008
20 September 2010Debris and open burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WILKINSON-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkinson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Mount Carmel (historical): 10 producers, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
M & W Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerAlluvium
Adkins MineAluminumPast Producer
General Refractories MineAluminumPast Producer
Mcintyre MillClayProducer
Mcintyre MineAluminumPast Producer
Prospect PitAluminumProspect
Toddville Plant No. 2 and 6ClayProducer
Toddville Plants 6c & 8ClayProducer
Wilkinson County MineClayPast Producer
Bentley-Boone MineKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Wilkinson 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
Carr Corners (historical)1.3 miles12
Youngblood Corners (historical)1.6 miles12
Goldens Mill (historical)2.8 miles12
Dedrich3.5 miles13
Clayfields3.9 miles9
Edgars3.9 miles13
McIntyre4.0 miles13
Ivey4.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 352080. 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.