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Bailey, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30507. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Bailey within Hall County

On record in Bailey

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Bailey between 1992 and 2019, burning about 502 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 49 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 burning134
Arson/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use27
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking10
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL001
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
25 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-HALL-002
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Bailey: 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gainesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hall County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StoweGoldProspectVein
Twitty? MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Chestnut Oak Hills0.5 miles15
Camellia Heights1.3 miles15
Fleetwood1.3 miles15
Oakhill1.5 miles15
Frontier Trail1.6 miles15
Morning Side Hills1.6 miles15
Wild Fern1.6 miles15
Wildwood Heights1.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686843. 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.