Hickory Gap, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30157. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
476 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 476 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Gap between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,384 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 141 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 burning | 213 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 141 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PAULDING-013 |
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Gap: 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Mica, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berg Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Copper | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Gamel Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Little Bob Mine | Copper, Sulfur, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Little Bob Mine | Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1860, 1920 | |
| Dr. Parker's Property | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Imel Pit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Shirley Mine | Iron-Pyrite, Zinc | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Shirley Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| W J Miller Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Berg Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paces Lakes | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Emerald Forest | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hartfield Acres | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Quail Run | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Paces Meadows | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Greenacres | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Quail Run East | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Honeysuckle Plantation | 1.2 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122596730 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349859. 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.









