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Caldwell, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Coosa Bald quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Caldwell within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Caldwell (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 burning159
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-UNION-001
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TOWNS-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Caldwell (historical): 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Corundum. 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
Track Rock Corundum MineCorundumPast Producer
Wellborn Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Butt MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Crumley CreekGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Killian MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Legal Tender MineGoldProspectVein
Lot 184 MineGoldUnknownVein
Ross MineGoldUnknownVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Trackrock (historical)2.5 miles24
Hood (historical)3.0 miles23
Townsend Mill3.3 miles24
Fain3.4 miles22
Town Creek3.5 miles22
Blairsville4.2 miles23
Laura (historical)4.3 miles23
Owltown5.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705078. 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.