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Elrod, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Murrayville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It stands on Gin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Murrayville quadrangle.

Elrod within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

271 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Elrod between 1992 and 2018, burning about 356 acres in total. 5 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 burning174
Arson/incendiarism28
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Natural5

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
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Elrod: 8 prospects, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
Big Joe MineGoldProspectVein
Cool Spring ChurchGoldPast ProducerVein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein
NewtonGoldProspectVein
OdomGoldProspectVein
Parks Mine Et Al.GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Wahoo Forest0.4 miles15
McCrary0.8 miles13
Wahoo Valley0.9 miles15
Indian Hills0.9 miles15
Devane1.0 miles13
Marlow1.2 miles15
Murrayville1.3 miles15
Whelchel1.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686729. 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.