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Fort Mountain, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Chatsworth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30705. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fort Mountain within Murray County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

476 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Fort Mountain (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,974 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 71 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 burning258
Arson/incendiarism71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burning6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2002Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MURRAY-011
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism18 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Murray County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Fort Mountain (historical): 26 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Barium-Barite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Earnest Galena ProspectLeadProspect
J.F.Love PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect
C.C.Keith PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
Fort Mountain Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hayes Rock MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W.F.Hampton PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence
C.C. and J.H. Keith PropertyIronPast Producer
Hickey Property Mine-A?IronPast ProducerResidual
J.K. Keith PropertyIronPast Producer
J.W.Coffey PropertyIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Murray 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
Chatsworth1.1 miles21
Oran1.7 miles21
Eton3.7 miles21
Spring Place3.9 miles21
Hasslers Mill4.0 miles21
Ramhurst5.2 miles19
Dennis5.3 miles19
Treadwell6.4 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334541. 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.