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Kyle, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It lies in Kyle Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.

Kyle within Fannin 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

416 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Kyle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,119 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 77 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 burning242
Arson/incendiarism77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Natural3
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
12 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceANGELICO RIDGE
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FANNIN-002
31 August 1998Debris 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 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Kyle: 14 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 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
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
MaryIron, Zinc, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Old Tennessee MineCopper, Iron, SulfurPast Producer
South PitZinc, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1847, 1977
North PitZinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1847, 1976
Mine No. 20IronPast ProducerResidual
MobileCopper, SulfurPast Producer1858

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kyle in 1 storm report in 2017: 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
March 2017HailKyle-The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported quarter size hail at the intersection of Kelly Ridge Road and Galloway Road.

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
Galloway1.5 miles23
Epworth1.6 miles21
Williamstown1.6 miles23
Kingtown1.7 miles21
Pantertown2.1 miles23
Pierceville2.1 miles21
McCaysville2.2 miles23
Union2.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332162. 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.