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Shellbine, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It stands on Cottage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingsland NE quadrangle.

Shellbine within Camden County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

88 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Shellbine between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,144 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural65
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Natural4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Natural2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Natural4.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2000Natural13 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CAMDEN-029
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CAMDEN-028
31 August 1999Natural3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Shellbine: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium. 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
Brunswick DepositTitanium, ZirconiumProspect1955

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Cabin Bluff1.3 miles17
Bell View (historical)2.8 miles17
Grover View3.5 miles17
Forestview4.2 miles17
Harrietts Bluff4.4 miles18
River Oaks at Harrietts Bluff4.4 miles18
Elliotts Bluff4.9 miles18
Palmas Realas5.1 miles18

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 Q122566494The 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 333026. 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.