Dillon, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30738. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dillon within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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
1935 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1947 USGS Durham 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 Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Durham quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

306 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Dillon (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,346 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 95 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	176
Arson/incendiarism	95
Recreation and ceremony	11
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Natural	5
Smoking	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019DADE005
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	24 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dillon (historical): 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Cassandra Area	Iron	Past Producer	Strataform, Concordant
Progressive Industries Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Road Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Road Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Southern Iron and Steel Co Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Rising Fawn Area		Past 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
Frick Gap (historical)	2.3 miles	25
Cassandra	2.4 miles	25
Cooper Heights	2.7 miles	25
Ascalon	3.0 miles	25
Henrys (historical)	3.7 miles	25
Kensington	3.9 miles	26
Durham	4.2 miles	25
Hall Mill	4.5 miles	26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354019. 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.