Canal Lake, 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 Stephens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blairsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
422 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 422 fires within 5 miles of Canal Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. 5 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 burning | 297 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-UNION-001 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | COLWELL ROAD |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | IVY LOG GAP |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Canal Lake: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Wellborn Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Butt Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Killian Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Legal Tender Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Lot 184 Mine | Gold | Unknown | Vein | |
| Mauney Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ross Mine | Gold | Unknown | Vein | |
| Wellborn-Robinson Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 0.6 miles | 23 | |
| Notalee Orchards | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Youngstown | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Blairsville | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Spilo (historical) | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Spile | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Bethlehem | 4.2 miles | 23 |
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 Q122569833 | The 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 331316. 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.











