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Curtis, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Stillhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.

Curtis within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

501 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 501 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 85 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 burning305
Arson/incendiarism85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking8
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Central ServicesCopperProducer
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
Hackney PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
J.Y.Allen PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect
McKinney MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
McKinney Mine.Manganese, IronPast Producer1812
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mineral Bluff AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant
Samples Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curtis in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2018: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindCurtis$20,000The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from northwest through southeast of Blue Ridge including along Scenic Drive from Tom Boyd Road to Cox Road, Sugar Creek Road and Meadow Lane. Trees were also blown down at the intersection of Sugar Creek Road and Chestnut Gap Road, and along Aska Road from Eagle Rock Road to Weaver Creek and Whispering Pines Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCurtis$4,000The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down from around North Toccoa River Road and Curtis Switch Road north of Blue Ridge to Highway 515 near the Gilmer County line southwest of Blue Ridge.

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
Galloway1.3 miles23
Hothouse1.8 miles23
Union2.2 miles23
Kyle2.4 miles23
Windy Ridge2.5 miles23
Galloway Mill3.1 miles21
Epworth3.1 miles21
Murphy Junction3.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331499. 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.