Dial, Georgia
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Weeks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilscot quadrangle.
On record in Dial
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Fannin County Road 222 Bridge, Spanning Toccoa River, Dialfederal building survey, 5 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Wilscot quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Wilscot quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Wilscot quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Wilscot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Dial between 1992 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LICKLOG FIRE |
| 16 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SKEENAH GAP |
| 4 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SANDY BOTTOM FIRE |
| 26 August 2011 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FANNIN-003 |
| 25 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 30 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WILSCOTT CAMPFIRE |
| 7 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dial: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccloud Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Noontootly Creek | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Wade Allenis Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dial in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Hail | Dial | $215,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in far southeast Fannin county between Margret, Dial, and Hurst. This was from a separate severe thunderstorm from the one which caused 4.25 inch diameter hail in the north part of the county from Blue Ridge to Morganton approximately one hour earlier. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Dial | $160,000 | The Fannin County 911 Center reported that there had been a number of reports of penny-sized hail across the southeast portion of the county, including Dial, just south of Hurst, and Margret. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dial | $1,000 | A tree was reported down in the 11000 block of Aska Rd. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dial | $1,000 | The Fannin County 911 Center reported that a tree was down on a power line just southwest of Dial. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Dial | - | The Emergency Manager reported Silver Fox Trail at Dial Road was closed due to flooding from Pigeon Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Dial | - | The public observed half-dollar-sized hail in the Cooper Creek area in the far southeast part of Fannin county. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Dial | - | A CocoRaHS observed reported nickel-sized hail in far southern Fannin county between Dial and Pisgah. |
| August 2000 | Hail | Dial | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Sugar Hill | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| Aska | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Newport | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Wilscot | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Wilson Mill | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Due (historical) | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Stock Hill | 3.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355486. 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.












