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Ella Gap, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellijay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. It lies near Talona Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ellijay quadrangle.

Ella Gap within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Ella Gap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 402 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 48 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 burning136
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GILMER-007
2 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-GILMER-001
7 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GILMER-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ella Gap: 9 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
Lots 142 & 143Marble, DimensionProspect
Gilmer County Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill No 1 Ga Marble CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mine Number 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cartecay Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Ellijay Mining Company PropertyIronPast Producer
Georgia-Tioga Iron Co. MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Georgia-Tioga Iron Company MineIronPast Producer
T.W.Craigo PropertyIronPast Producer
Tioga Iron Co MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilmer 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
Webb0.7 miles19
Kiker1.7 miles19
Yukon1.9 miles17
Tioga2.2 miles20
Talona3.2 miles20
East Ellijay3.2 miles17
Oak Hill3.7 miles17
Ellijay3.8 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122545804The 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 327750. 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.