Laura, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Wilson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Coosa Bald quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Laura within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1935 USGS Coosa Bald quadrangle1:24000
1938 USGS Coosa Bald quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Coosa Bald quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Coosa Bald quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

246 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Laura (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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	183
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Natural	3

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
9 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Laura (historical): 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Corundum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Track Rock Corundum Mine	Corundum	Past Producer
Wellborn Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Butt Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Coosa Creek Gold Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Coosa Creek Placer Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Crumley Creek	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Legal Tender Mine	Gold	Prospect	Vein

Every working recorded in Union 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hood (historical)	1.3 miles	23
Owltown	1.5 miles	23
Choestoe	1.9 miles	23
Fain	2.2 miles	22
Town Creek	2.2 miles	22
Otto (historical)	3.6 miles	23
Hood	4.1 miles	22
Caldwell (historical)	4.3 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353128. 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.