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Twin Haynes Creek, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30054. It stands on Little Haynes Creek. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle.

Twin Haynes Creek within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Twin Haynes Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 502 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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 burning87
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural16
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony9

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALTON-002
6 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-ROCKDALE-004
26 September 2010Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALTON-002
26 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burning5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-NEWTON-004
21 September 1997Smoking4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton 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 Twin Haynes Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Newton County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Newton 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
Hightower Forest0.2 miles20
Ashley Grove1.4 miles20
North Conyers Farms1.5 miles20
Spring Valley2.4 miles20
Stone Lea3.4 miles17
Flint Hill4.4 miles17
Greenwood Acres4.5 miles17
Dialtown5.1 miles17

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 Q122558618The 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 1673625. 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.