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Gober, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30107. It stands on Sharp Mountain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ball Ground West quadrangle.

Gober within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

246 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Gober between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 56 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 burning109
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural4

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-007
3 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-007
22 September 2005Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Gober: 6 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron-Pyrite. 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
F M Williams ProspectMicaProspect
Lawson & Quarles SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mrs Stearne's PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Smith ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceVein
Burty No. 2GoldProspectVein
F. Burt'sGoldProspectVein
Frank Burt ProspectGoldProspect
Latham (Chester)GoldPast ProducerVein
Latham MineGoldPast Producer
Lot 208 ShaftGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gober in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGober$8,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down around the vicinity of Ball Ground. One tree fell on a house at AW Roberts Drive and Strippling Street. Two trees fell at the intersection of Howell Bridge Road and Old Howell Bridge Road. A tree was down on power lines at the intersection of Cokers Chapel Road and East Cherokee Drive and a fallen tree blocked Northridge Road at Ball Ground Road. A tweet from the public was received reporting nickel sized hail in Ball Ground.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindGober$1,000Tree down along flatbottom road .
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGober$1,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down across the roadway on Ball Ground Highway.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGober-Mesonet station uga74 ball ground .

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Ball Ground2.8 miles22
Keithsburg3.2 miles22
Harmony4.0 miles20
White City4.2 miles20
Macedonia4.4 miles21
Buffington4.5 miles20
Burris Crossroads4.6 miles22
Orange4.9 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q141203093The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331833. 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.