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Cedar Cliff, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macedonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30546. It stands on Long Bullet Creek (historical). The Survey maps it on the Hiawassee quadrangle.

Cedar Cliff within Towns County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

296 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 296 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Cliff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 burning183
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestIVY RIDGE
26 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceCHATUGE VILLAGE
26 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceOUT OF COUNTRY FIRE
20 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceHICHORY RIDGE
18 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Towns 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 Cedar Cliff: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Corundum, Manganese. 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
Bell Mtn Silica MineSilicaPast Producer
Berrong Prospect (Johnson Copper Prospect)Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Bumgarner ProspectClayProspect
Hog Creek Corundum MineCorundumPast Producer
Matherson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcconell EstateManganesePast Producer1919
Kerby ProspectGoldProspectVein
Malden ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Towns 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
Red Banks1.0 miles24
Friendship1.2 miles24
Campagne (historical)1.3 miles24
Hunt (historical)2.3 miles24
Hiawassee2.9 miles24
Sunnyside3.4 miles24
Beech Cove Vista4.1 miles22
Young Harris4.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331349. 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.