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Auraria, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dahlonega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. It lies near Whim Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dawsonville quadrangle.

Auraria within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

574 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 574 fires within 5 miles of Auraria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,104 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 117 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 burning318
Arson/incendiarism117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony29
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking10
Natural9

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LUMPKIN-002
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Auraria: 37 past producers, 12 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
BarlowGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Battle Branch MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
BelleGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast Producer
GordonGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Josephine (Auraria)Gold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Whim HillGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Barlow MineGoldPast Producer
Bast MineGoldPast Producer
Battle Branch MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lumpkin County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Auraria in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009HailAuraria$200,000The public observed golf ball-sized hail west of Dahlonega and penny to quarter-sized hail west of Georgia Highway 9 in the Mill Creek Station Subdivision near the Dawson county line.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindAuraria$2,000Emergency manager reported tree damage and damage to power lines along Summerour Rd.
March 2010Thunderstorm WindAuraria$2,000The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that at least six trees were down across the county, especially in the Dahlonega area. Power was out from a downed power line in the Georgia Highway 52 area near Dahlonega.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindAuraria$1,500The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down near Highway 9.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAuraria$1,000Tree downed along auraria rd near burnt stand road.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindAuraria$1,000Tree downed along burnt stand road near glenn oaks dr.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindAuraria$1,000The Lumpkin County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Auraria Drive and Blackburn Road.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindAuraria$1,000The Lumpkin County Emergency Management Director reported that four trees were down in the far western part of the county near the Dawson county line in the Wimpy Mill area.
April 2011HailAuraria-The public observed half-dollar-sized hail near Auraria and nickel-sized hail near Dahlonega.
May 2011HailAuraria-An amateur radio operator relayed a report of quarter-sized hail on the south side of Dahlonega. WSR-88D radar data suggests that quarter to penny-sized hail likely fell from this point northward to near Dahlonega.

Every storm recorded in Lumpkin 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
Etowah (historical)1.4 miles18
Hedwig (historical)2.5 miles21
Buckhorn Tavern3.4 miles21
Burtsboro3.5 miles18
New Bridge (historical)4.0 miles15
Albert (historical)4.3 miles15
Dahlonega4.5 miles18
Halfway (historical)6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354415. 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.