Crandall, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crandall-Eton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30711. It stands on Cohorn Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crandall quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.
On record in Crandall
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Pleasant Valley Historic Districtlisted 2009
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 21 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
- 1971 USGS Crandall quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
302 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Crandall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,488 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 45 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 | 160 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 26 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HICKORY RIDGE |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | TURTLE |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MURRAY-004 |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MURRAY-001 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Crandall: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayes Rock Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| J.F.Love Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Mill Creek Copper Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| C.C. and J.H. Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Hickey Property Mine-A? | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| J.K. Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J.W.Coffey Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jessf Jackson Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| John Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crandall in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Crandall | $2,000 | A USGS stream gauge on Holly Creek at Smyrna Ramhurst Road or 3 miles south of Chatsworth reached flood stage of 10 feet. The creek crest at 11.9 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands...fields and pasture upstream and downstream from the gauge. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Crandall | $500 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down along Highway 225 North, in the Crandall area. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Crandall | $250 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that Mill Creek Road was flooded by Mill Creek. The road was impassable. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Crandall | - | The Public reported nickel to quarter size hail from Chatsworth to Crandall. |
| February 2005 | Hail | Crandall | - | The Murray County Fire Department and Rescue Squad reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Crandall | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Crandall | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohutta Springs | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 2.7 miles | 22 | |
| Eton | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Sumac | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Temple Grove | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Hasslers Mill | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Oran | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cisco | 5.8 miles | 22 |
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 Crandall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19986573 | 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 355363. 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.













