BlockDucktown, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Cumming census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30028. The Survey maps it on the Cumming quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Ducktown between 1992 and 2017, burning about 324 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 28 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 | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FORSYTH-003 |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-CHEROKEE-003 |
| 10 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ducktown: 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Copper, Iron-Pyrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creighton Mine | Gold, Cobalt | Past Producer | ||
| Dickens Prospect | Copper, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Massive Sulfide | |
| Franklin-Creighton Mine | Gold, Cobalt, Copper | Past Producer | 1841, 1909 | |
| Unnamed Barium Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Bennett Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Mcbrayer Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Waltz & Bates Mines | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Cox Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Richards Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Sandow Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ducktown in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Ducktown | $25,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards travelled just under 2.5 miles across a portion of northwest Forsyth County. The tornado touched down along McConnell Road south of the Sawnee Mountain Park where it broke numerous small to medium tree branches. This type of damage continued as the tornado moved northeast across Bridgeshaw Drive and Watson Road. As the tornado moved along Pleasant Grove Road, it intensified slightly, snapping or uprooting several trees. One of these trees fell onto a mobile home. The tornado lifted shortly after this near the intersection of Pleasant Grove Road and Doctor Bramblett Road. No injuries were reported. [05/01/17: Tornado #2, County #1/1, EF-0, Forsyth, 2017:069]. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ducktown | $25,000 | Amateur radio operators reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county, but especially across the north part of Cumming. Trees were down on the Truman Mountain Road at Georgia Highway 53 and several trees were uprooted at Byers Road and Bramble Road in north Cumming. All together the county 911 center received 37 calls of downed trees and 13 calls of downed power lines. Several roads were blocked. |
| February 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ducktown | $15,000 | The public reported 15 large oak and pine trees blown down in extreme western Forsyth county at Ducktown near the Cherokee county line. In addition, a tin roof was ripped off a barn. All of the debris was blown toward the east. In southeast Forsyth county, 4 miles northwest of Brookwood, the county Emergency Management Director reported several trees and power lines were blown down. One tree was reported to be down on a house. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Ducktown | $10,000 | A public report said hail as large as 3 to 4 inches fell in Cumming, while several other reports indicated golf ball to baseball size hail in Ducktown, Matt, and Cumming. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Ducktown | $3,000 | The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Big Creek at Atlanta Highway near Cumming reached flood stage of 6 feet. The creek crest at 7.6 feet. Minor flooding occurred on the Big Creek Greenway and in the woodlands and fields along the creek. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ducktown | $3,000 | The Forsyth County 911 Center reported that at least 10 trees were down across the county. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Ducktown | - | The Emergency Manager reported Tribble Road was closed due to flooding of Yellow Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Ducktown | - | A storm spotter observed quarter-sized hail near and west of Cumming. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Ducktown | - | Over a dozen reports of large hail were received across mainly the central sections of Forsyth county, especially along Georgia Highway 20 and Georgia Highway 369, including the cities of Ducktown, Matt, Cumming, Coal Mountain, and Oscarville. There were several reports of golf ball to baseball size in the Cumming and Oscarville areas, with baseball size hail said to be covering the ground at Oscarville. There were also a couple of reports of tree limbs being broken by strong wind. No estimates of damage to homes, business, or vehicles were available. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Ducktown | - | Forsyth county 911 reported penny to nickel size hail near the Cherokee county line along highway 20. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Ducktown | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heardville | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| Drew | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| The Polo Fields | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Hightower | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cumming | 6.3 miles | 21 | |
| Matt | 6.4 miles | 22 | |
| Pirkle Woods | 6.5 miles | 21 | |
| Dunn | 6.5 miles | 21 |
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 Ducktown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888740 | 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 313710. 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.