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Curryville, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Valley-Resaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plainville quadrangle.

Curryville within Gordon 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Curryville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 893 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 43 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 burning139
Arson/incendiarism43
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor5

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD004
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FLOYD-015
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2016Debris and open burning4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gordon County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Curryville: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Aluminum, Barium-Barite. 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
Floyd PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
Shropshtre Deposit 1AluminumProspect
C.J.Hord PropertyIronProspect
C.S. Bryan PropertyIronUnknown
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 1ClayPast Producer
Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2ClayPast Producer
Plainville Area-A?Past ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Gordon 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
Rocky Creek (historical)2.0 miles17
Plainville3.5 miles17
Reeves3.7 miles17
Oostanaula4.3 miles17
Lily Pond6.8 miles19
McDaniels7.1 miles19
Calhoun7.9 miles19
Sugar Valley8.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355413. 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.