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Durham, 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. It stands on Fuggett Branch. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.

Durham 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.

Fires near this place

469 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 469 fires within 5 miles of Durham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,905 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 148 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 burning251
Arson/incendiarism148
Equipment and vehicle use27
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-005
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DADE-018
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE009
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Durham: 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Progressive Industries QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
High Point AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Sutton & Austin MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 37, 11th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
High Point AreaPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ascalon1.3 miles25
Thompsonville1.4 miles25
Jamesburg2.6 miles26
Kendrick (historical)3.3 miles26
Henrys (historical)3.5 miles25
High Point3.5 miles26
Haysville4.0 miles28
Hinkles4.0 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331606. 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.