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Ivylog, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ivylog census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Charlie Brown Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nottely Dam quadrangle. It stands 1,880 feet above sea level.

Ivylog within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

404 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 404 fires within 5 miles of Ivylog between 1992 and 2020, burning about 766 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 51 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 burning240
Missing data/not specified/undetermined72
Arson/incendiarism51
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceGLENN STALCUP RD.
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceOWENBY
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ivylog: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Manganese. 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
Eager DepositManganesePast ProducerResidual
Monteith Iron MineIronPast Producer
Monteith MineIronPast Producer1875
Martin Mining PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Mauney ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StannickGoldProspectVein
TeagueGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Bethlehem4.3 miles23
Lance Mill4.6 miles23
Spilo (historical)4.6 miles23
Spile4.6 miles23
Thomas Mill4.7 miles23
Pearl5.1 miles23
Lewner5.3 miles23
Canal Lake5.6 miles23

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.

Wikipedia article on IvylogAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4846265The 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 332075. 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.