Macedonia, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Macedonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30546. It stands on Bearmeat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macedonia quadrangle.

Macedonia within Towns County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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.

1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1935 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000
1941 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1943 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Macedonia quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Macedonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Macedonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 720 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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	141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25
Arson/incendiarism	24
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Smoking	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Natural	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
5 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	6.0 acres	Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest	IVY RIDGE
19 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-TOWNS-002
18 September 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-TOWNS-001
11 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 August 1999	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 June 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Towns County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Macedonia: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Corundum, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bell Mtn Silica Mine	Silica	Past Producer
Berrong Prospect (Johnson Copper Prospect)	Copper, Iron-Pyrite	Occurrence	Massive Sulfide
Cynth Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Hog Creek Corundum Mine	Corundum	Past Producer
Mcconell Estate	Manganese	Past Producer	1919
Eller Mine	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Skeet Hooper	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Wills Creek Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Placer

Every working recorded in Towns County

Storms near this place

9 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macedonia in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2018: 3 flash flood, 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2011	Hail	Macedonia	$290,000	Several reports of hail, ranging in size from quarters to golf balls, were received from the Towns County 911 Center and the public across the northern half of the county from near Brasstown Bald to Macedonia. WSR-88D radar data suggests that hail of at least quarter-size likely continued to the northeast corner of the county near Tate City.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Macedonia	$25,000	The Towns County Emergency Management Director reported that a tree was down on a home near Mountain Scene resulting in damage to the structure.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Macedonia	$5,000	The Towns County Emergency Management Director reported that from four to six inches of rain fell in southern Towns county causing flash flooding just south of the community of Mountain Scene, or about eight miles south to southeast of Hiawassee. The heavy rain forced High Shoals Creek, Soapstone Creek, and Corbin Creek, all headwaters of the Hiawassee River, to all exceed their banks and flood nearby areas. A few private dirt roads were washed out by the flooded creeks. No significant structural or property damage was reported.
May 2018	Flash Flood	Macedonia	$2,500	Emergency Management reported several roads experienced flooding in Towns County. The Enchanted Valley Resort RV park and River Bend Campground were evacuated due to high water from the Hiwassee River. Two cows and a cat were killed as a result of the flash flooding near the River Bend Campground. Additionally, a small mudslide occurred at Unicoi Gap.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Macedonia	$1,500	The Towns County 911 Center reported six trees down. Four of these fell along Highway 75 South.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Macedonia	$1,000	The Towns County 911 Center reported that a few trees were blown down in the Macedonia area.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Macedonia	$1,000	The Towns County Emergency Management Director reported that flash flooding was observed along the Hiawassee River just west of Georgia Highway 75 south of Hiawassee in the Enchanted Valley Resort trailer park. The river reached a stage of 10.0 feet approximately one mile downstream from the USGS stream gage on Riverside Drive. The primary impact of the flooding was the wash up of debris into the backyards of several trailer homes. Minor flood damage occurred to the lower portions of some storage sheds.
June 2015	Hail	Macedonia	-	The public reported that penny sized hail accumulated at least one inch deep around Owl Creek Road and Highway 75.
June 2015	Hail	Macedonia	-	An amateur radio operator reported quarter sized hail on Mauldin Circle.

Every storm recorded in Towns 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
Presley	0.6 miles	22
Osborn	1.4 miles	22
Beech Cove Vista	1.5 miles	22
Hiawassee	2.8 miles	24
Sunnyside	3.0 miles	24
Visage (historical)	3.2 miles	22
Hunt (historical)	3.8 miles	24
Mountain Scene	4.2 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332298. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.