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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.

Sycorax within Oglethorpe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

150 since 1992

Regional 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning9.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2009Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ELBERT-005
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-ELBERT-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oglethorpe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coggins Millstone QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Galaxy Satin Blue QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Plantation QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Bennie and Harvey QuarryGraniteProducer
Blue Diamond QuarryGraniteProducer
Briarpatch QuarryGranitePast Producer
Grimes Brothers Quarry No. 3GraniteProducer
Harmony Blue MillGraniteProducer
Heritage QuarryGranitePast Producer
Highpoint QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Oglethorpe 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
Saxon1.4 miles13
Vesta2.7 miles13
Goose Pond (historical)2.7 miles12
Fairview4.7 miles13
Point Peter5.1 miles11
Veribest5.3 miles13
Enterprise5.3 miles13
Palmetto5.9 miles13

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.