Alpine, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30731. The Survey maps it on the Lyerly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lyerly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
585 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 585 fires within 5 miles of Alpine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,426 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 394 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 | 394 |
| Debris and open burning | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHATTOOGA005 |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 26 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alpine: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: not recorded. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirseller Mt. Area-B | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alpine in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alpine | $20,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across the county from just south of Menlo near the intersection of Highway 337 and Oak Hill Road to the west side of Trion on Tate Road, India Drive and Back Penn Road. A home on India Drive had minor damage to its roof. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alpine | $3,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on Oak Hill Alpine Road and on Highway 100 near Lyerly Dam Road. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alpine | $2,000 | Tree and powerlines down at Oak Hill Rd and Mosley Springs Rd. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Alpine | - | The Emergency Manager reported high water conditions on Alpine Creek inundated Buck Gardner Road and Peach Orchard Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 4 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Alpine | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over Oak Hill Alpine Road due to high water from Alpine Creek. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 5 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menlo | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Perennial | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cloudland | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Chelsea | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| Berryton | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lyerly | 5.9 miles | 17 |
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 Alpine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q39050849 | 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 331030. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









