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Grandview, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30143. It lies near Sharptop Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Grandview within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Grandview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,924 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 64 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 burning128
Arson/incendiarism64
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking10
Natural4
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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-016
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-013
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-012
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-011
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-010
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Grandview: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica, Flagstone. 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
North Georgia QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
James Foster ProspectMicaProspect
W P Stancil ProspectMicaProspect
Mine Number 6Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perseverence QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Pickens County PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Piedmont QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Tate QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Unnamed Marble QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Jasper2.7 miles21
Ruden2.8 miles21
West Brook3.2 miles21
Tate Mountain Estates3.7 miles17
Burnt Mountain Estates4.2 miles17
Tate5.4 miles21
Marblehill5.4 miles20
Daniels5.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356072. 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.