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Sandy Cross, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sandy Cross census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30662. The Survey maps it on the Carnesville quadrangle.

Sandy Cross within Franklin 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Cross between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 16 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 burning86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FRANKLIN004
21 September 2019Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FRANKLIN003
17 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FRANKLIN002
23 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FRANKLIN-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Cross: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Higdon MineMicaPast Producer
Ramsay Buchanan MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Cross in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2018: 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2003Tornado (F1)Sandy Cross$100,000This tornado touched down near Brays Lake and damaged several homes and businesses along its 6-mile track.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindSandy Cross-County comms reported a couple of trees blown down.
May 2003HailSandy Cross-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Zidon (historical)1.4 miles15
Cromers2.2 miles14
Franklin Springs4.3 miles15
Carnesville5.7 miles15
Ashland7.4 miles14
Walnut Hill (historical)7.4 miles14
Vandiver8.0 miles13
Unity8.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326504. 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.