Lovelace, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Lincolnton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. It stands on Mine Branch. The Survey maps it on the Metasville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1954 USGS Metasville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Lovelace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILKES-011 |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-003 |
| 29 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-005 |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Lovelace: 11 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Kyanite, Copper, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1892, 1895 | |
| Graves Mountain Kyanite Occurrence | Kyanite, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Rutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite | |
| Magruder Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Seminole/Magruder/Wardlaw/Jackson Veins | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc | Past Producer | Silver, Gold, Copper, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite | |
| Ce Minerals, Al Silicates | Kyanite | Producer | ||
| Chamber Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| G.W. Booker Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kendall Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Sales & Lamar Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Colley Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1943 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sybert | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Curry Hill | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lincolnton | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Goshen | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Loce | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| White Rock (historical) | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Agnes (historical) | 8.2 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326378. 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.







