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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.

Garland within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

472 since 1992

Regional 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 burning306
Arson/incendiarism44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Natural10
Smoking5

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-006
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chestatee MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Colwell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arnold Consolidated Gold MinesGoldPast Producer
Ashbury PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Bast MineGoldPast Producer
Beers MineGoldPast Producer
Boly Field MineGoldPast Producer
Bowen LotGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Lumpkin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2020Flash FloodGarland$10,000The 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 2020Thunderstorm WindGarland$8,000Multiple trees were downed onto the roadway along Branch Road.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindGarland$500The Lumpkin County 911 Center reported that a power line was blown down on Long Branch Road, southeast of Dahlonega.
August 2007HailGarland-The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far southeast part of the county. Pea-sized hail was observed just southwest of Dahlonega.

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
Grace (historical)2.5 miles19
Halfway (historical)2.5 miles15
Wild (historical)3.0 miles18
Stay (historical)3.2 miles18
Albert (historical)4.2 miles15
Dahlonega4.4 miles18
Tube (historical)5.1 miles18
New Bridge (historical)6.8 miles15

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.