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Holcomb, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Nelson-Tate-Marble Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30107. The Survey maps it on the Nelson quadrangle.

Holcomb within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

357 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Holcomb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,060 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 152 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
Arson/incendiarism152
Debris and open burning128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking8
Fireworks1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-017
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-004
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Natural1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PICKENS-003
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DAWSON002
20 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Holcomb: 13 past producers, 10 prospects, 4 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mica, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charcoal QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Duncan QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
A.M.Darnell ProspectIronProspect
Burty No.1GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
RichardsGoldProspectPlacer
Scott (Old Steele)GoldPast ProducerVein
W.J. Hogan PropertyIronProspect
W.J. Hogan PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Calcium Products Div. MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
New York MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pickens County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Holcomb in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindHolcomb$8,000At least eight trees down along summit dr west and summit dr east.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHolcomb$1,000The emergency manager relayed a report of a tree down 4.4 miles e of nelson.
June 2023HailHolcomb-Report of 1 inch hail via social media near the intersection of Steve Tate highway and Cove Road.

Every storm recorded in Pickens 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
Marblehill3.2 miles20
Daniels4.4 miles20
Nelson5.2 miles20
Tate5.4 miles21
Cagle8.2 miles21
Grandview8.3 miles21
Jasper8.7 miles21
Ruden9.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332005. 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.