BlockCurry Hill, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lincolnton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. The Survey maps it on the Metasville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Metasville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Curry Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 566 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILKES-011 |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-003 |
| 20 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LINCOLN-003 |
| 2 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-LINCOLN-002 |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Curry Hill: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seminole/Magruder/Wardlaw/Jackson Veins | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc | Past Producer | Silver, Gold, Copper, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite | |
| Kendall Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Morgan Farm | Manganese | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Piedmont Manganese Belt, Ga-Sc | Manganese | Past Producer | 1845, 1918 | |
| Sales & Lamar Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curry Hill in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry Hill | $18,000 | Sheriff reported numerous trees and powerlines down around the county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry Hill | $4,000 | Sheriff reported trees down on powerlines on Elberton Hwy. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry Hill | - | DOT reported several trees down on Goshen Church road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331497. 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.