Sycorax, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vesta-Enterprise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30627. The Survey maps it on the Vesta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Vesta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Sycorax (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 550 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 19 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 9.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-ELBERT-005 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-ELBERT-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Sycorax (historical): 13 producers, 6 past producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins Millstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Galaxy Satin Blue Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Plantation Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bennie and Harvey Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Blue Diamond Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Briarpatch Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 3 | Granite | Producer | ||
| Harmony Blue Mill | Granite | Producer | ||
| Heritage Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Highpoint Quarry | Granite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saxon | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Vesta | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Goose Pond (historical) | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Point Peter | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Veribest | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Enterprise | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Palmetto | 5.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 335797. 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.







