BlockPrinceton, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the North Rockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30052. It stands on Winfield Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Princeton
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Dial Milllisted 1978 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
229 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Princeton (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 541 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 27 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 | 90 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALTON-002 |
| 8 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ROCKDALE-004 |
| 26 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WALTON-002 |
| 26 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-NEWTON-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi Roc Shores | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Zingara | 3.1 miles | 20 | |
| Milstead | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| McElroys Mill | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Sardum (historical) | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Conyers | 6.0 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Capri | 6.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357588. 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.