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Coal Mountain, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Silver City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30040. The Survey maps it on the Coal Mountain quadrangle.

Coal Mountain within Forsyth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Coal Mountain between 1992 and 2017, burning about 297 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 52 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism52
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7

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
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FORSYTH-002
23 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FORSYTH-002
1 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forsyth County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Coal Mountain: 3 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Harrison ProspectMicaProspect
Davis MineGoldPast Producer
Lot 70 2nd Dist.GoldPast ProducerVein
LyonsGoldProspectVein
Sawnee Mt.GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Zamoda Au ProspectGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Forsyth County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Mountain in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1995Thunderstorm WindCoal Mountain-A Dobbins Air Force Base meteorologist reported that thunderstorm winds knocked down four large trees just north of Coal Mountain.

Every storm recorded in Forsyth 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
Dunn2.7 miles21
Matt3.3 miles22
Pirkle Woods3.6 miles21
Cumming4.9 miles21
Chestatee5.6 miles14
Hightower6.5 miles22
Oscarville6.9 miles16
Heardville7.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331421. 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.