West Crossing, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tallapoosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30176. It lies near West Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bremen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1973 USGS Bremen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
474 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of West Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,834 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 228 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 228 |
| Debris and open burning | 179 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-007 |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HARALSON-007 |
| 7 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-017 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HARALSON008 |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HARALSON-004 |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-HARALSON-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of West Crossing: 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson-Mcbride Prospect | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Crew Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Edwards Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Hollins (Royal) Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Royal Mine | Gold | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tallapoosa | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Old Tallapoosa | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Waco | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tabernacle | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hooper | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bremen | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| West Bremen | 5.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122547184 | The 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 333391. 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.








