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Gerber, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Chattanooga Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30725. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gerber within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

477 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Gerber (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,552 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 161 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 burning214
Arson/incendiarism161
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural5
Other causes1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-009
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-016
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-014
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Gerber (historical): 10 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Frank Gillum ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Tiftonia Plant Pit No. 395Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Alton Park TractClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Chatanooga MineClayUnknown
General Shale Georgia PitClayProducer
Alton Park TractStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer1952
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Chattanooga Valley0.7 miles28
Eagle Cliff1.0 miles28
Moons1.1 miles28
Valley View1.3 miles28
Flintstone1.4 miles28
Cenchat2.0 miles28
Fantasy Hills2.1 miles28
Green Hills2.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354060. 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.