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Blueberry Hills, Georgia

15 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. It stands on East Fork Little River. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Blueberry Hills 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Blueberry Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 312 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 burning115
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural4

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
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Blueberry Hills: 14 prospects, 7 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
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
JonesGoldPast 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
Cherokee Meadows0.3 miles15
Shady Lane0.5 miles15
Northlake0.5 miles15
The Bluffs0.8 miles15
Kemp0.8 miles15
River Point0.9 miles15
Chapman1.0 miles15
Hayes1.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686854. 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.