Dickey, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Chattanooga Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30725. It lies near Hawkins Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dickey within Walker County

On record in Dickey

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Rock City Gardenslisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away
Lookout Mountain Fairyland Clublisted 1990 · 1.0 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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.

1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1936 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000
1942 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Dickey (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 992 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 86 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	107
Arson/incendiarism	86
Recreation and ceremony	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Other causes	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2016	Debris and open burning	4.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-DADE-009
8 September 1999	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
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-WALKER-016
5 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-WALKER-014
5 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Tennessee Division of Forestry	not named
29 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Debris and open burning	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dickey (historical): 8 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Bennett Mine No. 1	Aluminum	Past Producer
Bennett No.2 Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Alton Park Tract	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Chatanooga Mine	Clay	Unknown
General Shale Georgia Pit	Clay	Producer
Alton Park Tract	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer	1952
Dave L Brown Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Rossville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Tiftonia Plant & Quarry Pit #395	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Walker 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blowing Spring	0.3 miles	28
Rock City	1.0 miles	28
Woodland Hills	1.1 miles	28
Spencer Hills	1.2 miles	28
Lookout Mountain	1.4 miles	28
Fantasy Hills	1.8 miles	28
South Rossville	2.0 miles	28
Flintstone	2.2 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354017. 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.