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Cagle, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30143. It stands on Cagle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Cagle within Pickens County

On record in Cagle

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

390 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of Cagle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,569 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 125 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 burning165
Arson/incendiarism125
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use25
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural5

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-007
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-016
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-004
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-013
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-012
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Cagle: 10 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Beryllium. 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
Denson MinesMica, BerylliumPast Producer
Ga Mining Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Richards PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1919
Nelson Marble ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Marble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Grady Holbert PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Grady Holbert PropertyIronPast Producer
L.L. Spence PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
L.L.Spence PropertyIronUnknown
S.C. Tate EstateIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cagle in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindCagle$10,000Public report of multiple trees down on Mitchell Rd and Upper Bethany Rd.
September 2009FloodCagle$5,000The Pickens County 911 Center reported that Old Mill Road in Tate was closed because of flooding. A number of residents were evacuated in the area as a precaution. A portion of Georgia Highway 53 was also temporarily closed because of flooding. However, no water rose into any homes. Monetary damage was confined to minor debris removal in the area.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCagle$1,000The emergency manager relayed a report of a tree down 2.8 miles sw of tate.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCagle$1,000The emergency manager relayed a report of trees down 2.7 miles w of tate.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindCagle$1,000The Pickens County 911 Center reported a few trees down near Lower Dowda Mill Road and Bethany Road.
April 2016HailCagle-The Pickens County Emergency Manager reported nickel size hail on Henderson Mountain Road near State Highway 108.

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Tate3.1 miles21
Nelson3.4 miles20
Daniels3.9 miles20
Jasper4.9 miles21
Ruden5.5 miles21
Marblehill5.6 miles20
West Brook6.7 miles21
Grandview7.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331306. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.