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Fain, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Fain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacks Gap quadrangle.

Fain within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Fain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,198 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning144
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Natural3

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
9 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fain: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Corundum. 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
Track Rock Corundum MineCorundumPast Producer
Coosa Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Crumley CreekGoldPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fain in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFain$15,000Reports of multiple trees and power lines down near Owltown.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindFain$1,000Tree down near the intersection of Town Creek School Road and Misty Mountain Lane.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindFain$1,000The Union County 911 Center reported that a few trees were blown down east of Owltown.
July 2020HailFain-Several reports of hail the size of quarters to half dollars were received from the public.
June 2012HailFain-The public reported hail up to the size of quarters covering the ground near Pine Top Road.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Town Creek0.2 miles22
Hood (historical)1.6 miles23
Choestoe2.2 miles23
Laura (historical)2.2 miles23
Caldwell (historical)3.4 miles23
Owltown3.7 miles23
Hood4.2 miles22
Otto (historical)5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331682. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.