BlockBefore

Hinkles, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30750. It stands on Tucker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle.

Hinkles within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

494 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Hinkles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,054 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 167 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 burning236
Arson/incendiarism167
Recreation and ceremony26
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
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
9 September 2016Debris and open burning4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-009
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-016
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-014
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DADE-018
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-011
27 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Hinkles: 10 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Barium-Barite. 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
Frank Gillum ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
D. Martin's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Hall Ore Bank AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
High Point AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.T. Algoods PropertyIronPast Producer
Stoner-Caldwell PropertyIronPast Producer
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinkles in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 25 injuries. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Hinkles25 hurt, $5,000,000This tornado is a continuation of the EF3 tornado that originated in DeKalb county, Alabama, tracked across central Dade county, Georgia, and then across northern Walker county, Georgia before lifting just before reaching the Tennessee line. The tornado weakened to an EF2 strength before entering Walker county, and continued as an EF2 to EF1 across much of its path within Walker county. The tornado crossed into Walker county approximately five miles west-southwest of Chattanooga Valley and lifted just west of Fort Oglethorpe near the intersection of U.S. Highway 27 and Georgia Highway 2. Thousands of trees and dozens of power lines were taken down by the tornado. Dozens of homes suffered severe damage, especially across the northern part of the county. Seven homes were completely destroyed. The most severe damage was noted in the Flintstone area. While no fatalities occurred within Walker county, there were 25 injuries, mostly at the severely damaged or destroyed homes. The most severe damage with this tornado occurred in Dade county.||Damage in Walker county consists of seven destroyed homes, 26 with major damage, and 35 with minor damage.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #2, County #2-2, EF2, Dade-Walker, 2011:011].
June 2015Thunderstorm WindHinkles$15,000The Walker County 911 center reported numerous trees down from around Hinkle Community road and highway 157 to Rossville. One tree fell on a house in the Lookout Mountain area.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHinkles$3,000The Walker County Sheriff's Department reported trees blown down in the 1400 block of Nick-a-Jack Road.

Every storm recorded in Walker 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
Jamesburg1.5 miles26
Gerber (historical)2.4 miles28
Valley View2.5 miles28
Haysville2.6 miles28
Cenchat2.6 miles28
Eagle Cliff2.6 miles28
Chattanooga Valley2.7 miles28
Moons2.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331993. 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.