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Loce, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle.

Loce within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Loce between 1992 and 2019, burning about 508 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 10 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 burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3

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
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LINCOLN-005
17 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-LINCOLN-004
12 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-LINCOLN-003
11 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020LINCOLN002
8 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use19 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Loce: 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Kyanite, 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
Graves Mountain Kyanite OccurrenceKyanite, Iron-PyritePast ProducerRutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite
Ce Minerals, Al SilicatesKyaniteProducer
Colley MineManganesePast Producer1943
Goldman Mn MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Morgans Mn MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Ross PropertyManganeseProspect1945
DillGoldPast ProducerVein
Edmunds ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Hilly MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Julia Or Phelps MineGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Leathersville2.0 miles19
Woodlawn2.2 miles19
White Rock (historical)3.0 miles16
Agnes (historical)3.1 miles19
Amity3.3 miles19
Salem (historical)4.0 miles19
Clay Hill4.4 miles19
Lincolnton4.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326372. 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.