BlockBefore

West Brook, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Talking Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30175. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

West Brook within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

346 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of West Brook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,360 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 91 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 burning149
Arson/incendiarism91
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking13
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-013
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-012
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-011
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-010
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-009
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance301 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of West Brook: 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Marble, Dimension, Gold. 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
Betz MineGoldPast Producer
Mill No 4 Ga Marble CoDolomiteProducer
North Georgia QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Perseverence QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
J F Hillhouse ProspectsMicaProspect
J L Mullinax ProspectMicaProspect
W J Garrison ProspectMicaProspect
W P Stancil ProspectMicaProspect
Mine Number 4Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Ruden1.4 miles21
Jasper2.2 miles21
Talking Rock2.9 miles20
Grandview3.2 miles21
Carns Mill3.6 miles20
Keasley (historical)4.0 miles20
Rober (historical)4.3 miles20
Blaine5.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673031. 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.