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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cuhutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cherokee National Forest | BUD |
| 8 July 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Cherokee National Forest | THP |
| 3 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | RICE CAMP TRAIL |
| 4 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HORSESHOE BEND |
| 27 June 2012 | Natural | 400 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MURRAY-019 |
| 22 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | JACKS RIVER |
| 2 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | ROSS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Property | Manganese, Iron | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Powell Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Doogan Mt. Distr. | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| F.M.Powell Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Miller Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Silver Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| White Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doogan | 2.0 miles | 22 | |
| Tennga | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Cisco | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 7.7 miles | 22 | |
| Gregory | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Temple Grove | 8.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Crandall | 10.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q122563700 | 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 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.














