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Lickskillet, 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 30541. It stands on Little Fightingtown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle.

Lickskillet 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

357 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Lickskillet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 616 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 61 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 burning216
Arson/incendiarism61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking8
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6

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 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCASHES VALLEY
28 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lickskillet: 6 prospects, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sulfur, Copper, Gold, Copper, Iron-Pyrite. 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
Hackney PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Mine No. 20Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Mine No. 20IronPast ProducerResidual
MobileCopper, SulfurPast Producer1858
Mount Pisgah ProspectSulfur, CopperOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Bryant ProspectCopperProspect
Kellogg ProspectCopperProspect
Mine No. 20CopperPast Producer
Mount Pisgah Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Patterson ProspectCopperProspect

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
Madola1.2 miles21
Chestnut Gap1.5 miles21
Galloway Mill1.8 miles21
Higdon2.0 miles21
Pierceville2.6 miles21
Epworth2.7 miles21
Dunn3.1 miles21
Galloway3.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330542. 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.