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Vineyard Creek, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Comer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30629. The Survey maps it on the Carlton quadrangle.

Vineyard Creek within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Vineyard Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 364 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 37 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 burning111
Arson/incendiarism37
Smoking16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Smoking4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Vineyard Creek: 6 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Coneross River MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Brown PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Carrington PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
J. Threlkeld PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
King PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
O. Threlkeld PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
Parham PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
Ridgeway PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Smith PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Webb PlacerGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Jeptha1.6 miles14
Paoli1.8 miles14
Gholston Stand Crossroads3.6 miles14
Newtown3.7 miles14
Transco3.8 miles15
Cedar Grove4.0 miles15
Porterfield4.1 miles14
Comer4.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 335562. 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.