Cisco, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30708. It lies near Sumac Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Tennga quadrangle. It stands 837 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cuhutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Cisco between 1992 and 2019, burning about 570 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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 | 81 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MURRAY-004 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MURRAY-004 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cisco: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Property | Manganese, Iron | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Mill Creek Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Powell Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Miller Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Silver Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| White Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| Doogan Mt. Distr. | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| F.M.Powell Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| John Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cisco in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 10 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Cisco | 10 hurt, $200,000 | An apparent tornado touched down briefly, hitting a mobile home park in the Temple Grove, Higdon Road, and Turvey-Nichols Road areas in Cisco. Seven mobile homes were destroyed, 2 received major damage and 6 minor damage. One home had major structural damage and 14 had minor damage. Roofs were blown off houses and trees were scattered like toothpicks. There were no serious injuries, but 6 people were taken to the medical center, where they were treated and released. The intensity, width, and length were estimated. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cisco | $15,000 | The Murray County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were blown down scattered about the county. The roof was blown off the porch of a mobile home and a portion of the siding was also off the home south of Chatsworth near the intersection of Smyrna Church Road and Blackwell Drive. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cisco | $5,000 | The Murray County Emergency Manager reported multiple power lines blown down between Cisco and Tennga along Shields Road and Tennga Gregory Road. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cisco | $5,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that many trees and power lines were down across the county. Radar data suggests that most of this occurred in the western half of the county. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cisco | $4,000 | Report of 4 trees down in the town of cisco . |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cisco | $3,000 | The Murray county 911 center reported that some trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cisco | $1,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that three trees were down in the Cisco area. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Cisco | - | A storm spotter reported penny-sized hail near Cisco. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Cisco | - | A storm spotter observed nickel-sized hail. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Cisco | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail for a 10-minute period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Grove | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Gregory | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tennga | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Doogan | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Sumac | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Crandall | 5.8 miles | 21 |
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 Cisco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19986563 | 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 331402. 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.














