Concordia, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Coldwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30635. The Survey maps it on the Rock Branch quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Concordia within Elbert County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Rock Branch quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Concordia (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 387 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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	49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Arson/incendiarism	8
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
5 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-ELBERT-004
13 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	South Carolina Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elbert County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Concordia (historical): 16 prospects, 11 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Granite, Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cook Prospect	Gold	Unknown	1908
Cooley Mine	Mica, Feldspar	Past Producer
Robin Blue Quarry	Granite	Producer
Alexander Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Anderson Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Bell Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Ben Martin Mine	Mica	Past Producer	1944
Ben Martin Mine	Mica	Past Producer
C U Gaines Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Chapman Mine	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Elbert 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fains Store	1.8 miles	14
Coldwater	2.4 miles	14
Rock Branch	2.5 miles	14
Edinburg (historical)	3.7 miles	14
Montevideo	4.5 miles	15
Ruckersville	5.1 miles	14
Harmony	6.5 miles	14
Centerville	7.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 347815. 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.