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Grace, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30564. It lies near Mincle Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Grace within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

409 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Grace (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 986 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 34 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 burning291
Arson/incendiarism34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural9
Smoking3

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-006
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Grace (historical): 7 past producers, 7 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Sulfur, Zinc, Sulfur. 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
Chestatee MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Chestatee Pyrite MineSulfur, IronProspect
Colwell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ashbury PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Beers MineGoldPast Producer
Boly Field MineGoldPast Producer
Cavender Creek ProspectGoldProspect
Cavender's CreekGoldPast ProducerVein
Cora Lee MineGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Lumpkin 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
Garland2.5 miles18
Stay (historical)3.0 miles18
Wild (historical)3.7 miles18
Halfway (historical)4.4 miles15
Tube (historical)6.1 miles18
Dahlonega6.4 miles18
Albert (historical)6.5 miles15
Willow (historical)7.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357186. 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.