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Beaver Pond, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Beaver Pond within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Beaver Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 24 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 burning125
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-007
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-004
16 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-WHITE-003
13 August 2011Debris and open burning4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Beaver Pond: 10 prospects, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, 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
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Deavours MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Glade MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein

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
Hargrove0.7 miles13
Lake Haven0.7 miles13
Lake Watch1.0 miles13
Heather Heights1.0 miles13
Clarks Bridge Place1.3 miles13
Lawson Highlands1.5 miles13
Laurel Hills1.6 miles15
Griffin Heights1.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686699. 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.