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Rock Bridge, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30039. It stands on Centerville Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snellville quadrangle.

Rock Bridge within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Rock Bridge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 422 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 50 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
Arson/incendiarism50
Debris and open burning26
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Smoking5

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
4 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DEKALB-001
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ROCKDALE-003
1 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ROCKDALE-002
31 August 1993Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rock Bridge: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Ledge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Chapel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barber's QuarryGraniteProducer
Fowler's QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pine Mountain QuarryGraniteProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Reagin QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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
Brandington Forest1.0 miles22
Norris Lake Shores1.0 miles22
Mountain Cove1.3 miles22
Laurel Creek1.7 miles22
Innsbrook West2.0 miles22
Meadow Hills2.0 miles22
Monterey Acres2.2 miles22
Mason Woods2.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705013. 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.