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High Point, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the St. Marys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31558. It sits by Stockwell Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Cumberland Island North quadrangle.

High Point within Camden County

On record in High Point

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,200 acres in total. 28 started naturally. None was 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
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1999Natural1.5 acresCumberland Island National SeashoreHORSETRAIL
3 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreJUDGE
25 August 1999Natural2.5 acresCumberland Island National SeashoreCOASTER
25 August 1999Naturalunder an acreOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeC.ISLAND 2
12 August 2014Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreTERRAPIN TRAIL
1 August 2012Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreWHITNEY ROAD
23 July 1993Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreRAINOUT
23 July 1993Naturalunder an acreCumberland Island National SeashoreNATURAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camden County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of High Point: 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zirconium, Titanium, Thorium, REE, Zirconium, Titanium. 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
Cumberland Island DepositThorium, REE, Zirconium, TitaniumProspectBeach Placer
Cumberland IslandZirconium, TitaniumProspectPLACER, MARINE
Folkston PlacerZirconium, TitaniumProducerBeach Placer

Every working recorded in Camden 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
Shellbine5.1 miles17
Cabin Bluff5.3 miles17
Bell View (historical)5.9 miles17
Stafford7.3 miles22
Grover View8.3 miles17
Elliotts Bluff8.8 miles18
Dover Bluff9.0 miles18
Forestview9.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331972. 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.