Dennis, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Chatsworth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30705. The Survey maps it on the Ramhurst quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Ramhurst quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
307 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 307 fires within 5 miles of Dennis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,597 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 65 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 | 150 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MURRAY-011 |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Dennis: 13 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramlet Mine and Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Chicken Creek Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Cohutta Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Cohutta Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Earnest Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Fields Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Georgia Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Hammock Prospect | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dennis in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | $2,000 | The Murray County 911 center reported trees blown down in southeast Murray County on Dennis Mill Road between Old Federal Highway and the Rock Creek bridge. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennis | - | A tree was downed onto powerlines on Highway 282 just west of Woodring Branch 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramhurst | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Ball Ground | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Coniston | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Wells (historical) | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Fort Mountain (historical) | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Bloodtown | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Chatsworth | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Carters | 6.5 miles | 19 |
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 Dennis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5258107 | 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 331540. 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.










