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Cumberland, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Watkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. The Survey maps it on the Watkinsville quadrangle.

Cumberland within Oconee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Cumberland between 1992 and 2018, burning about 210 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 12 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 burning83
Equipment and vehicle use28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural9
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5

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
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oconee 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 Cumberland: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Branch ProspectMicaProspect
Thomas ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Oconee 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
Elder Ridge1.2 miles12
Elder Heights1.3 miles12
Laurel Chase1.3 miles12
Hillcrest1.4 miles12
Tramlin Acres1.4 miles12
Lake Wildwood1.6 miles12
Westbury1.6 miles12
Quail Run1.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356716. 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.