Fighting Pine, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rock Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30577. The Survey maps it on the Avalon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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 Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Avalon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
422 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 422 fires within 5 miles of Fighting Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 79 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 | 201 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Smoking | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fighting Pine: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fighting Pine in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Hail | Fighting Pine | - | Spotter and county comms reported quarter size hail just east of Toccoa. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Fighting Pine | - | A home was flooded by Toms Creek along Turner Road. The occupants had to be rescued. Highway 17 was reported to be flooded near Eastanollee, especially around Oggs Branch. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Fighting Pine | - | Quarter size hail was reported about 3.5 miles southeast of Toccoa. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fighting Pine | - | County comms reported mutliple trees blown down between Wolfpit Rd and Williams Circle, with most of the trees down along Rock Creek Rd. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fighting Pine | - | Trees were blown down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jarrett | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Eastanollee | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Hayes Crossing | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fowlertown | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Toccoa | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Union Hill | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Carnes Creek | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 4.9 miles | 18 |
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 Q122556354 | The 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 327814. 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.






