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Lakewood, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mineral Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It stands on Pounding Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.

Lakewood 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

430 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 83 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 burning260
Arson/incendiarism83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lakewood: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
J.Y.Allen PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect
McKinney MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
McKinney Mine.Manganese, IronPast Producer1812
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
The W.M.Dallas MineMicaPast Producer
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Samples Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mineral Bluff AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant
The Dickey PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Park PropertyMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working 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
Forge Mill0.9 miles23
Morganton1.0 miles23
Mineral Bluff1.9 miles23
Elrod Mill2.4 miles23
Murphy Junction2.5 miles23
Brown Mill2.5 miles23
Windy Ridge3.0 miles23
Loving3.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351118. 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.