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Batesville, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Holly Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30115. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle.

Batesville within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

182 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Batesville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 297 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 28 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 burning110
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-002
16 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Batesville: 10 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Cook MineMicaPast Producer
J T Haley MineMicaPast Producer
Bailey PropertyGoldPast Producer1840
Chester (Turner) ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
MorganGoldProspectPlacer
Rudicil MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Rudicil MineGoldPast Producer
T. N. Westbrook MineGoldPast Producer
T.N.Westbrook'sGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Worley MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Union Hill2.2 miles20
Hickory Flat2.4 miles20
Creek Hollow South2.8 miles23
Avery3.2 miles20
Hardman Place3.5 miles23
Carmichael Crossroads3.5 miles20
Tomahawk3.8 miles23
Hunters Mill4.4 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326171. 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.