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Cooper Creek, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30572. It lies near Sids Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Noontootla quadrangle.

Cooper Creek within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Cooper Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLICKLOG FIRE
23 August 2011Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-002
25 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
4 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UNION013
27 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestDIAL PULLOVER
22 May 1997Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestBRYSON GAP
15 May 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2000-FANNIN-078

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cooper Creek: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Mccloud MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Noontootly CreekGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Margret0.8 miles25
Sugar Hill2.6 miles25
Swan2.8 miles25
Argo (historical)3.6 miles23
Dial4.3 miles25
Newport5.2 miles23
Stock Hill5.4 miles23
Three Forks6.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331458. 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.