Aerial, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It lies near Irwin Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Helen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Helen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
3 photographs, 2017Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Aerial between 1992 and 2020, burning about 477 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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 burning | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-WHITE-002 |
| 14 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Aerial: 7 past producers, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Davis Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Childs Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Childs Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Franklin & Glenn | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Jones | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Lot 10 Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lumsden Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Mcneer Placers | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Monroe Lowlands | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Stovall Mine | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauldins (historical) | 0.3 miles | 20 | |
| Harvest | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Pardue Mill | 5.9 miles | 18 | |
| Batesville | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| College Park | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bert (historical) | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Habersham | 6.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Aerial | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q39050817 | 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 331001. 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.







