Goldmine, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Royston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30520. It stands on Pruitt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Royston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Royston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
166 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Goldmine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 102 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HART-007 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN006 |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-006 |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Goldmine: 7 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine) | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ginn Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Hays Property | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Winter Property | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Banister Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Bromer Ayers Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Garner Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Green Rose Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Horse Head Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Hubert Creek Deposit | Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
10 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goldmine in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldmine | $60,000 | EM reported about a half dozen homes damaged in southern hart county, two by falling trees and the others with roofs partially torn off. Numerous trees were also blown down. Sporadic damage began on Airline-Goldmine Rd, with a damage swath increasing in intensity as it moved east across the Highway 29 corridor and Zion CME Church Rd, and was most concentrated around Liberty Hill Rd and Page Rd. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldmine | $20,000 | County comms and newspaper reported dozens of trees blown down across Hart County, and the roof torn off of a large shed on Elberton Highway near Hartwell. |
| August 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Goldmine | - | NWS storm survey determined a tornado that touched down in Franklin County crossed into Hart County on the south side of Royston, and continued moving southeast through the western part of the county, essentially paralleling Highway 17. The tornado crossed into Elbert County just west of the highway. Damage remained limited to uprooted trees and large snapped limbs in Hart County. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldmine | - | County comms reported multiple trees blown down along Goldmine Rd and Frank Kelly Rd. |
| June 2014 | Flash Flood | Goldmine | - | County comms reported multiple small creeks rose out of their banks and flooded several roads, including Ginns Pool Rd (8.5 WSW Hartwell), Bakers Bridge Rd (9.5 WSW), Old Elbert Rd (11 WSW), and Deerfield Ct (11.5 WSW) after 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in a short period of time. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldmine | - | Multiple trees and some power lines were blown down across the county, with one tree on a house on the north side of Hartwell. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Goldmine | - | Bond Kelley Road was flooded and closed by a stream. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldmine | - | Multiple trees were blown down along highway 172 in extreme southern Hart County. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goldmine | - | Two trees were blown down across Kay Nursery Rd. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Goldmine | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Grove | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Royston | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Vanna | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Reeds | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Canon | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Shoals | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bio | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bowersville | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331836. 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.




