Eastburn, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mossy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30528. It lies near Tatum Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Leaf quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Eastburn within White County

On record in Eastburn

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 1 record

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

John Stovall Houselisted 1991 · 0.2 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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 Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Leaf quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Eastburn (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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	181
Arson/incendiarism	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	5
Natural	3
Other causes	2

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
7 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 August 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 August 2002	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-HABERSHAM-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eastburn (historical): 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Chatman Estate	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Elrod, T.	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Mcneer Placers	Gold	Past Producer
Twiner/T.G. Edwards	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
White Co Mine	Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in White 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
Stovall Mill	0.2 miles	19
Kinseytown	1.8 miles	19
Pink	2.4 miles	19
Leaf	2.4 miles	19
Benefit	4.7 miles	19
Mossy Creek	4.7 miles	19
Yonah	4.8 miles	23
Cleveland	4.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350880. 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.