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.
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
Anderson Houselisted 1976
Willis-Sale-Stennett Houselisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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
- 1955 USGS Tignall quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
96 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WILKES-002 |
| 26 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WILKES-002 |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.W. Booker Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kendall Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Pink Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Silver Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danburg | $1,500 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Danburg | $1,000 | A report was received on social media of a tree blown down on Danburg Road near the intersection with Bradford Road. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Danburg | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hill | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Floral Hill | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sandtown | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Delhi | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Possie (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tignall | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Broad | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Cohentown | 6.2 miles | 13 |
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 Danburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888609 | The 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.







