Chelsea, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It lies in Chelsea Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty Gap quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Dougherty Gap quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Dougherty Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Dougherty Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Dougherty Gap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
510 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 510 fires within 5 miles of Chelsea between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,728 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 285 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 285 |
| Debris and open burning | 186 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATTOOGA-011 |
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-CHATTOOGA-009 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHATTOOGA005 |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHATTOOGA-018 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chelsea: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas York Tripoli Mine | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Neal Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chelsea in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea | $8,000 | The Chattooga County 911 center reported numerous trees blown down across western Chattooga County in the vicinity of Menlo, Summerville and Lyerly. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chelsea | $3,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from north of Menlo at Old Highway 337 and Agnew Road to Berryton on Back Barryton Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broomtown (historical) | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Neal Crossing | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Fairview (historical) | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cloudland | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Teloga | 3.0 miles | 24 | |
| Menlo | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Perennial | 5.0 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Chelsea | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19864304 | 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 331381. 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.











