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Buckhorn Tavern, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dahlonega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. It stands on Scott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Campbell Mountain quadrangle.

Buckhorn Tavern within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

552 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 552 fires within 5 miles of Buckhorn Tavern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,276 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 126 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 burning295
Arson/incendiarism126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural14
Smoking11
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LUMPKIN-002
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LUMPKIN-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Buckhorn Tavern: 45 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Iron. 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
C M Moore Estate ProspectIronProspect
BarlowGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Battle Branch MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
BelleGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast Producer
GordonGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Josephine (Auraria)Gold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Whim HillGold, SilverProspectVein And Placer
Arnold Consolidated Gold MinesGoldPast Producer
Barlow MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lumpkin 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
Hedwig (historical)1.4 miles21
Dahlonega2.9 miles18
Jay (historical)3.2 miles21
Etowah (historical)3.2 miles18
Auraria3.4 miles18
Cane Creek3.6 miles21
Burtsboro4.1 miles18
Tube (historical)4.9 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122554319The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 327273. 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.