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Greely, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waleska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30183. It lies near Salacoa Valley. The Survey maps it on the Fairmount quadrangle.

Greely within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

308 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Greely between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,256 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 135 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
Arson/incendiarism135
Debris and open burning123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-024
29 September 1994Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Greely: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Funkhouser Co QuarryClayPast Producer
Upshire QuarryStonePast Producer
Jerusalem QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Pine Log QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
H & M QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
P M Tate MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bennett MineIronPast Producer
H.M. Shellhorse PropertyIronOccurrence
Jj Bennett Property Mine-Lot 296Iron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Salacoa1.8 miles19
Beasley Gap4.0 miles20
Waleska7.2 miles20
Sharp Top8.8 miles22
Burris Crossroads9.4 miles22
Worley Crossroads9.7 miles21
Sutallee11.8 miles22
North Canton13.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331858. 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.