Pinefield Crossroads, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Baldwin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30511. It stands on Brady Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Russell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lake Russell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Pinefield Crossroads between 1992 and 2019, burning about 442 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 12 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN005 |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-008 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-FRANKLIN-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pinefield Crossroads: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Plant No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinefield Crossroads in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinefield Crossroads | - | Tree down at Caudell Rd and Damascus Rd . |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pruitt | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Uvena | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Odis Crossroads | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hollingsworth | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jewelville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Nancytown (historical) | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Woffords Settlement (historical) | 5.2 miles | 14 |
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 Q122550669 | 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 332682. 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.




