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Chulio, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30173. The Survey maps it on the Wax quadrangle.

Chulio within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

412 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Chulio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,346 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 118 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 burning173
Arson/incendiarism118
Equipment and vehicle use49
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking8
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021FLOYD001
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Chulio: 7 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Iron. 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
Couper PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual
Hillyer PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Johnson PropertyIronPast Producer
Ligon MineManganeseOccurrence1951
Pattillo PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Sullins ProspectIron, AluminumOccurrence
Warrick Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Washington BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Brannon ProspectAluminumProspect
Cochran MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Wax1.5 miles18
Bryants Mill (historical)2.5 miles18
Etowah2.5 miles18
Carlier Springs (historical)2.7 miles18
Silvermont2.8 miles18
Silver Creek3.4 miles18
Ridgewood Estates3.4 miles18
Nottingham Estates3.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353587. 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.