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Fort Smith, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neel Gap quadrangle.

Fort Smith within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

324 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Fort Smith between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,571 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 63 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 burning190
Arson/incendiarism63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-LUMPKIN-006
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin 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 Fort Smith: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, 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
C M Moore Estate ProspectIronProspect
Ralston MineGoldPast Producer
Unnamed Mica ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lumpkin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Smith in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFort Smith$5,000The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that many trees were down across the county and especially to the northeast of Dahlonega.
September 2009Flash FloodFort Smith$5,000The Lumpkin County Emergency Management Director, the county 911 center, and the public all observed flash flooding in several areas of the county. Several roads were washed out from several hours of repeated heavy rainfall. Widespread minor flooding was observed along Woody and Yahoola Creeks flooding adjacent fields and pasture lands. A person had to be evacuated from their home near the Chestatee River. A mudslide occurred along Corinth Church Road. Fortunately, no injuries were observed and damage was confined to minor debris removal.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindFort Smith$1,500The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported several trees down across the northern part of the county.
July 2015HailFort Smith$1,000The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported quarter sized hail and one tree blown down on Yahoola Road near Highway 19.

Every storm recorded in Lumpkin 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
Porter Springs1.3 miles24
Willow (historical)3.6 miles24
Walnut (historical)4.0 miles24
Tube (historical)4.1 miles18
Gates (historical)4.4 miles24
Turners Corner4.5 miles24
Cane Creek4.5 miles21
Wild (historical)5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331757. 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.