Lina, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rayle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. The Survey maps it on the Washington West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lina within Wilkes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Washington West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Lina (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 489 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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	50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28
Arson/incendiarism	16
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020WILKES004
4 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-WILKES-013
14 September 2010	Debris and open burning	20 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WILKES-004
13 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1993	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 Wilkes County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lina (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Stone Ridge Mine (Orr)	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
	Stoney Ridge Gold Mine	Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Wilkes 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
Tyrone	3.7 miles	13
Celeste	4.1 miles	12
Brickhouse	4.4 miles	12
Daniel	4.7 miles	13
Rayle	4.8 miles	12
Lincoln Heights	4.8 miles	13
Jackson Heights	4.9 miles	12
Washington Heights	5.3 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342770. 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.