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Belton, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Lula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30554. The Survey maps it on the Lula quadrangle.

Belton within Hall County

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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Belton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 burning154
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2

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
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJUNKYARD
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-007
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-009
15 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BANKS-002
14 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-005
14 September 2010Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Belton: 2 past producers. 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
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Savage PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

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
Lula1.0 miles15
Bellton1.2 miles15
Glades4.5 miles15
Surf Side Club Estates5.3 miles15
Hidden Acres6.3 miles13
Dunagan6.5 miles14
White Sulphur Station (historical)6.6 miles15
White Sulphur6.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686700. 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.