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Landers, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cave Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30124. It lies near Vans Valley. The Survey maps it on the Livingston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Landers within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

278 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Landers (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,244 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 82 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 burning152
Arson/incendiarism82
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-004
9 September 2002Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-009
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-FLOYD-001
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarism33 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Landers (historical): 23 past producers, 23 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, 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
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Berkstresser Prop Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Berkstresser, H.L. ProspectCobalt, NickelProducerReplacement
Gibson MineManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerResidual
Gibson MineCobalt, ManganesePast Producer
Harper TractIron, ManganesePast Producer1895
Spence PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1918
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cave Spring-DIronPast ProducerResidual
Cuzzort PropertyIronPast Producer1898

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Yancey (historical)0.5 miles17
Cunningham1.7 miles17
Vans Valley2.3 miles17
Foster Mills3.3 miles17
Cave Spring3.9 miles18
Chubbtown4.0 miles18
Six Mile4.7 miles18
Rivermont4.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353733. 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.