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Gumlog, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Young Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30582. It lies near Hyatt Cove. The Survey maps it on the Blairsville quadrangle.

Gumlog within Towns County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Gumlog between 1992 and 2020, burning about 520 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestIVY LOG GAP
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning13 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TOWNS-001
27 August 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-TOWNS-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Towns County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Gumlog: 12 prospects, 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Iron. 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
Gay Bryant ProspectIronOccurrence
Warne-Sylva Kyn BeltKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
BrownGoldProspectVein
Chastian Placer MineGoldPast Producer
E.R. Brown MineGoldProspectVein
Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Horse VeinGoldOccurrence
Horse VeinGoldProspectVein
Hunt MineGoldProspectVein
Kerby ProspectGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Towns County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gumlog in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2013: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
July 2013Flash FloodGumlog$40,000The emergency manager reported four roads west and northwest of Young Harris were closed due to flooding. Crooked Creek washed out a culvert pipe at Settlement Road and Byers Creek washed out a culvert pipe at Crisp Road. Winchester Creek flooded portions of Winchester Creek Road and Crane Creek flooded portions of Kerby Road which made them completely impassable.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindGumlog$10,000The Towns County 911 Center reported that many trees and several power lines were down across the county.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindGumlog$5,000The Towns County 911 Center reported that nine trees were down across the county. Several traffic signals were also out of service as a result of strong thunderstorm wind gusts.

Every storm recorded in Towns 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
Alexanders Mill2.9 miles23
Welch2.9 miles23
Young Harris5.2 miles24
Jacksonville5.3 miles24
Campagne (historical)6.3 miles24
Red Banks6.6 miles24
Cedar Cliff7.6 miles24
Friendship7.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330964. 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.