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New Bridge, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It lies in ZIP code area 30564. It stands on Cane Branch. The Survey maps it on the Murrayville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Bridge within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

444 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 444 fires within 5 miles of New Bridge (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 86 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 burning254
Arson/incendiarism86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Natural5
Smoking3

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of New Bridge (historical): 18 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Belle MineGoldPast Producer
Big Joe MineGoldProspectVein
Briar Patch MineGoldPast Producer
Calhoun MineGoldProducer
Chestatee MineGoldPast Producer
Cleveland MineGoldPast Producer
Cool Spring ChurchGoldPast ProducerVein
Danae MineGoldPast Producer
Etowah Gold Mining PropertiesGoldPast Producer
Gold Hill MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lumpkin 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
Albert (historical)2.6 miles15
Auraria4.0 miles18
Halfway (historical)4.7 miles15
Etowah (historical)5.2 miles18
Hedwig (historical)6.6 miles21
Garland6.8 miles18
Dahlonega7.0 miles18
Burtsboro7.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688002. 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.