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Hidden Acres, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Hidden Acres within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 3 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 burning132
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3

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
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-007
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-009
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Acres: 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gainesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Deavours MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Glade MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
PassGoldProspectVein
Savage PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Clarks Bridge Place0.7 miles13
Surf Side Club Estates1.1 miles15
Clarks Bridge1.1 miles15
Botany Woods1.3 miles15
White Sulphur Station (historical)1.3 miles15
White Sulphur1.4 miles15
Pine Point1.4 miles15
Dixie Hills1.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686739. 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.