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Fouche, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. It lies near Rock Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rock Mountain quadrangle.

Fouche within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Fouche between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,512 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 91 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism91
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
25 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Natural5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-030
2 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHATTOOGA-002
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-010
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 August 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fouche: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum. 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
Culbertson MineAluminumPast Producer
Bickerstaff Clay ProductsClayUnknown
Floyd County MineClayProducer
Martin MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Orsman3.9 miles18
Bone5.0 miles17
Lavender5.1 miles17
Berryhill5.1 miles17
Williamsburg Estates5.3 miles17
Crystal Springs5.7 miles16
Central Grove (historical)5.9 miles18
Rollingwood6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331759. 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.