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Cunningham, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cave Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle.

Cunningham within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Cunningham between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,263 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 103 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 burning159
Arson/incendiarism103
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking4

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-004
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-FLOYD-001
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-027
20 September 2000Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-FLOYD-023
2 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-017

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 55 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 55 workings within 5 miles of Cunningham: 25 prospects, 24 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
Berkstresser Prop Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Berkstresser, H.L. ProspectCobalt, NickelProducerReplacement
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cave Spring-DIronPast ProducerResidual
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gibson MineManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerResidual
Gibson MineCobalt, ManganesePast Producer
Harper TractIron, ManganesePast Producer1895
Spence PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1918

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Yancey (historical)1.7 miles17
Landers (historical)1.7 miles17
Six Mile3.1 miles18
Rivermont3.2 miles18
Vans Valley3.9 miles17
Radio Springs4.1 miles18
Foster Mills4.2 miles17
Robealou Acres4.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355407. 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.