BlockKiker, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellijay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 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 Webb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
236 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Kiker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 46 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 | 141 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GILMER-007 |
| 17 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GILMER-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Kiker: 9 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilmer County Quarry No. 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Holt Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Cartecay Iron Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Ellijay Mining Company Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia-Tioga Iron Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Georgia-Tioga Iron Company Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| T.W.Craigo Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tioga Iron Co Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed, Ellijay Area | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Unnamed, Ellijay Area-A | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
5 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kiker in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Kiker | $10,000 | Gilmer County Emergency Management reported water and mud inside the American Legion Post off Legion Road. Radar estimates indicate up to 3 inches of rain occurred in less than two hours. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiker | $6,000 | The Gilmer County 911 Center reported several trees blown down across the county. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kiker | $5,000 | The Gilmer County 911 center reported trees blown down on Legion Road, South Main Street and Progress Road. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Kiker | $5,000 | The stage height of a USGS stream gage near Ellijay on the Coosawattee River off of Legion Road reached flood stage of 8 feet. The river crest at 9 feet which caused minor flooding of portions of Harold Hefner River Park. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Kiker | - | Evidence of a tornado occurred very near the intersection of|Ellington Road and Old Highway 5 South, a little more than|2 miles south-southwest of Ellijay in Gilmer County. The tornado|destroyed parts of 2 single-story storage units (made of|tin/metal) as well as a Georgia Forestry building that houses|large equipment. Based on the damage at these locations, it is|estimated the tornado had wind speeds between 90-100 mph (EF-1).|As the tornado crossed Old Highway 5 South, additional minor roof|damage along with a few small to medium trees snapped. The last|of this damage was seen near the CSX Railroad just north of the|Progress Road and Casey Drive intersection. NOTE: this damage|**may** be part of a longer track tornado or multiple tornadoes|from the same complex of severe storms, but due to complex|terrain (difficulty accessing any roads in forested areas),|further investigation (by air) is currently happening. Updates|are likely in the next several days. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 328396. 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.