Garland, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. The Survey maps it on the Dahlonega quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
472 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 472 fires within 5 miles of Garland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 44 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 | 306 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 7.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HALL-006 |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 41 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Garland: 31 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Copper, Sulfur, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chestatee Mine | Copper, Sulfur, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Columbia Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Colwell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Fields Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Arnold Consolidated Gold Mines | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ashbury Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bast Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Beers Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Boly Field Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bowen Lot | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garland in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Flash Flood | Garland | $10,000 | The Emergency Manager reported a portion of Jeff Sullens Road was washed out when a culvert failed. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $8,000 | Multiple trees were downed onto the roadway along Branch Road. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Garland | $500 | The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that a power line was blown down on Long Branch Road, southeast of Dahlonega. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Garland | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far southeast part of the county. Pea-sized hail was observed just southwest of Dahlonega. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace (historical) | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Halfway (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Wild (historical) | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Stay (historical) | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Albert (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dahlonega | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Tube (historical) | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| New Bridge (historical) | 6.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357179. 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.







