Edgar, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30710. It stands on Hagin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cohutta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Edgar within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1935 USGS Tiger Creek quadrangle1:24000
1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Edgar (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 507 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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	88
Arson/incendiarism	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Recreation and ceremony	9
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Smoking	3
Natural	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
8 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020WHITFIELD001
15 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2008	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Edgar (historical): 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
Lanski Property--Talc Indus Inc	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese	Producer	1918
Sam & Jw Cline Property	Barium-Barite	Prospect
W R Rymer Property	Iron	Prospect
Hannah Prospect	Manganese	Prospect
Bare Property	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence	1919
Cohutta No 2, Varnell-Cohutta Distr.	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
Cohutta Number Two	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	1918
Eslinger Property	Iron, Manganese	Occurrence	1919
Lanski Property-Varnell-Cohutta District	Iron, Manganese	Past Producer	Residual
Ruralvale Area		Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Whitfield 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
Mills (historical)	1.2 miles	24
Beaverdale	3.2 miles	19
Cohutta	3.2 miles	24
Prater Mill	3.6 miles	24
Red Clay	3.9 miles	24
Parrett Crossing	4.0 miles	24
Ruralvale	4.6 miles	19
Varnell	5.1 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353404. 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.