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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.

Lovelace within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

101 since 1992

Regional 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 burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WILKES-011
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-LINCOLN-003
29 September 1994Debris and open burning3.0 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
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2007Naturalunder 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 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chambers MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1892, 1895
Graves Mountain Kyanite OccurrenceKyanite, Iron-PyritePast ProducerRutile, Lazulite, Pyrophyllite, Kyanite
Magruder MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Seminole/Magruder/Wardlaw/Jackson VeinsCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Iron-Pyrite, ZincPast ProducerSilver, Gold, Copper, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Chalcopyrite
Ce Minerals, Al SilicatesKyaniteProducer
Chamber MineGoldPast Producer
G.W. Booker PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Kendall MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Sales & Lamar MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Colley MineManganesePast Producer1943

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
Sybert1.8 miles14
Curry Hill4.2 miles14
Lincolnton4.9 miles16
Goshen6.0 miles14
Midway6.1 miles14
Loce6.9 miles19
White Rock (historical)7.3 miles16
Agnes (historical)8.2 miles19

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.