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Kingtown, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30555. It stands on Kingtown Branch. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle.

Kingtown within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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

369 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 369 fires within 5 miles of Kingtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 100 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 burning190
Arson/incendiarism100
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural4
Smoking3
Other causes1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceANGELICO RIDGE
30 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-004
19 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Kingtown: 23 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Boyd MineIron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1854, 1941
Burra Burra MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1901
Calloway MineZinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1853, 1948
Cherokee MineCopper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1847, 1962
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
East Tennessee MineSulfur, Copper, IronProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Eureka MineIron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Isabella MineCopper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
MaryIron, Zinc, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Mine No. 20Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingtown in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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
November 2018Thunderstorm WindKingtown$6,000The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the county from around the intersection of McCay Street and Old Epworth Road in McCaysville to around Old Highway 76, Dry Branch Road, Aska Road and Snake Nation Road east of Blue Ridge.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindKingtown$1,000The public reported a pine tree blown down on Spring Hill Circle just off of Highway 5.

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
McCaysville0.8 miles23
Jonestown0.9 miles21
Fry1.1 miles21
Williamstown1.3 miles23
Kyle1.7 miles23
Pantertown1.7 miles23
Epworth1.8 miles21
Pierceville1.9 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351117. 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.