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Goochville, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the West Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30517. It stands on Lott Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chestnut Mountain quadrangle.

Goochville within Jackson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Goochville between 1992 and 2016, burning about 493 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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 burning98
Arson/incendiarism35
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-HALL-001
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Arson/incendiarism26 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Debris and open burning8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JACKSON-003
25 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-HALL-002
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JACKSON-004
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JACKSON-003
17 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-JACKSON-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Goochville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gainsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hall County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Storms near this place

1 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goochville in 1 storm report in 2009: 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
September 2009Flash FloodGoochville$30,000The Jackson County Emergency Management Director reported flash flooding along Walnut Creek near the Hall county line in extreme northwest Jackson county. The creek flooded and washed out the bridge on Cooper Bridge Road. No damage to homes or businesses was observed during this time frame. Monetary damage to the road was estimated to be $30,000.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Fairview1.8 miles12
Thurmack2.0 miles12
Ednaville2.1 miles15
Talmo3.4 miles12
Braselton3.5 miles15
Hoschton4.4 miles15
Pendergrass5.1 miles12
Pond Fork (historical)5.3 miles12

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 Q122594187The 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 349458. 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.