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Alaculsy, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It lies in ZIP code area 37362. It stands on Jacks River. The Survey maps it on the Tennga quadrangle.

Alaculsy within Murray County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 22 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Alaculsy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,074 acres in total. 7 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
Arson/incendiarism18
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
30 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCherokee National ForestBUD
8 July 2008Natural5.0 acresCherokee National ForestTHP
3 July 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 July 1995Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestRICE CAMP TRAIL
4 June 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHORSESHOE BEND
27 June 2012Natural400 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MURRAY-019
22 June 2006Recreation and ceremony12 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJACKS RIVER
2 June 2006Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestROSS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Murray County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Alaculsy: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese. 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
Green PropertyManganese, IronUnknown1918
Powell PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1919
Doogan Mt. Distr.IronPast ProducerResidual
F.M.Powell PropertyIronUnknown
Miller PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Silver PropertyManganeseOccurrence1919
White PropertyManganeseOccurrence1919

Every working recorded in Murray 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
Doogan2.0 miles22
Tennga5.6 miles22
Cisco6.1 miles22
North Cohutta (historical)7.7 miles22
Gregory8.3 miles19
Temple Grove8.4 miles19
Cohutta Springs8.6 miles22
Crandall10.3 miles21

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 Q122563700The 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 326925. 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.