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Galloway, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.

Galloway within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

442 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 442 fires within 5 miles of Galloway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 827 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 74 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 burning261
Arson/incendiarism74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Galloway: 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Iron, Gold, Manganese. 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
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
Hackney PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
J.Y.Allen PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
MobileCopper, SulfurPast Producer1858
The Dickey PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Mine No. 20IronPast ProducerResidual
Mineral Bluff AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant
Central ServicesCopperProducer
Meek ProspectCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Curtis1.3 miles23
Kyle1.5 miles23
Epworth1.9 miles21
Union2.4 miles23
Pierceville2.4 miles21
Hothouse2.7 miles23
Galloway Mill2.9 miles21
Kingtown3.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331785. 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.