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Gore, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Little Sand Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It lies near Dirttown Valley. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle.

Gore within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

412 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Gore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,926 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 138 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 burning210
Arson/incendiarism138
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CHATTOOGA006
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burning8.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Gore: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. 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
Summerville BauxiteAluminumPast ProducerWeathering Residual
Taylor MineAluminumPast Producer
Maddox's Mine AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Maddox's Mine Area-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Menlo AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

10 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gore in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
June 2021Flash FloodGore$75,000The Emergency Manager reported significant flooding in the city of Summerville, with numerous intersections, including Highway 48 and 27, underwater and numerous businesses inundated with water. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches occurred in the area, resulting in high flow conditions of Town Branch and flash flooding of the nearby areas.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindGore$3,000Em reports several trees down in/near the community of gore.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindGore$3,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines down northeast of Gore.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGore$1,000Tree down partially blocking john jones rd near the town of summerville.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGore$1,000A tree fell into the outside lane of Hwy 27 on Taylors Ridge.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindGore-Report of a couple of trees down along Martha Berry Highway near intersections of John Jones Rd and Gore Subligna Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindGore-Tree down across the roadway along Silver Hill Rd near Gore, GA.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindGore-Multiple trees down around Mitchell Circle within the Gore community.
March 2021Flash FloodGore-The Emergency Manager reported water over the road near the intersection of Butler Dairy Road and Sprayberry Farms, upstream of Maddox Lake. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2021Flash FloodGore-The Emergency Manager reported water and debris over Butler Dairy Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding of the creek upstream of Maddox Lake and the inundation of the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Kartah1.6 miles16
Shackelton (historical)2.1 miles16
Farmersville2.5 miles16
Tidings3.1 miles16
Storys (historical)3.2 miles16
Pennville4.2 miles19
Summerville4.3 miles16
Zula (historical)4.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356061. 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.