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Danburg, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tignall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30668. The Survey maps it on the Tignall quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Danburg within Wilkes County

On record in Danburg

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Danburg between 1992 and 2019, burning about 350 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Natural4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKES-002
26 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-WILKES-002
12 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkes County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Danburg: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Granite. 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
G.W. Booker PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Kendall MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pink Pearl QuarryGraniteProducer
Silver Pearl QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Wilkes County

Storms near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danburg in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
August 1996Thunderstorm WindDanburg$1,500no account filed
July 2017Thunderstorm WindDanburg$1,000A report was received on social media of a tree blown down on Danburg Road near the intersection with Bradford Road.
July 2018Flash FloodDanburg-Wilkes County Emergency Management reported areas along Flat Rock Road, near Newford Creek, had at least 6 inches of water running over the roadway. Radar estimates indicate 6 to 8 inches of rain occurred in the northeast portion of the county.

Every storm recorded in Wilkes 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
Sandy Hill2.5 miles13
Floral Hill2.8 miles13
Sandtown2.9 miles13
Delhi3.3 miles13
Possie (historical)4.0 miles13
Tignall4.7 miles13
Broad6.1 miles13
Cohentown6.2 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on DanburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888609The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355435. 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.