BlockJohntown, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dawsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. It lies near Grogan Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Amicalola quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Amicalola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Johntown (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 501 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 42 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 burning | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | TURNER CREEK |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CHECK STATION |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PICKENS-002 |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-DAWSON-006 |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DAWSON-004 |
| 8 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-DAWSON-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afton | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Emma | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Amicalola | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Juno | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| McKee | 7.4 miles | 19 | |
| Dawsonville | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Hubbardsville | 11.2 miles | 22 | |
| Barrettsville | 13.8 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704691. 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.