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Antioch, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Clayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30525. It stands on Tuckaluge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rabun Bald quadrangle.

Antioch within Rabun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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 Antioch between 1992 and 2017, burning about 786 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 burning26
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
17 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use12 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJOE BLECKLEY
15 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-009
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-008
22 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMYSTERY
21 July 2008Natural107 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWILSON KNOB
13 May 2001Arson/incendiarism10 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestBECKY BRANCH
8 April 1992Debris and open burning4.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
7 April 2002Arson/incendiarism55 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMARCUS #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rabun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Antioch: 3 past producers, 2 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hamby MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Lamar MineGoldPast Producer
Lamar MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Ledford MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Screamer Mt.GoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Rabun 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
Mountain City4.9 miles24
Clayton5.5 miles24
Laurel Falls5.6 miles19
York5.7 miles24
Spring Lake6.2 miles24
Pine Mountain6.8 miles18
Sky Valley6.9 miles24
Three Forks7.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326957. 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.