Madola, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Higdon-Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Patterson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Epworth quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
284 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Madola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 37 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 | 178 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CASHES VALLEY |
| 28 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FANNIN-001 |
| 31 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-FANNIN-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Madola: 6 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sulfur, Copper, Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Copper, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine No. 20 | Copper, Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Mine No. 20 | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Mobile | Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1858 | |
| Mount Pisgah Prospect | Sulfur, Copper | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Bryant Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Kellogg Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mine No. 20 | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Pisgah Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Patterson Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Phillips Prospect | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Madola in 5 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madola | $15,000 | The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported several trees and power lines blown down from west of Epworth along Madola Road to Blue Ridge Road in Epworth to Haymore Farm Road southeast of Mineral Bluff. A falling tree struck a house on Blue Ridge Road, no injuries were reported. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madola | $10,000 | Tree down on a house in the 300 block of No. 20 Mine road in McCaysville. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madola | $8,000 | The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the county from the Old Mobile Road area near McCaysville, across Blue Ridge to the area around Stanley Creek Road and Aska Road south of Blue Ridge. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Madola | $2,000 | EM reported two trees down near Mill Creek Acres and at Mobile Rd at Madola Rd. |
| July 2023 | Hail | Madola | - | Estimated 1 inch hail along 4000 block of Mobile Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lickskillet | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Dunn | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Higdon | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Chestnut Gap | 2.4 miles | 21 | |
| Pierceville | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Epworth | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Oasis | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Galloway Mill | 3.0 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122556401 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332304. 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.












