Mahan, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Kensington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It lies near Dickson Gulf. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Grove quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mahan within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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 Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1936 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1947 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Cedar Grove quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Mahan (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,022 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 61 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	103
Arson/incendiarism	61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Recreation and ceremony	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Railroad operations and maintenance	1
Natural	1
Smoking	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
6 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Debris and open burning	8.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	7.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2019	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020WALKER004
24 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 1993	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 Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Mahan (historical): 17 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Horine Development Co Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Armington Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Hawkins Mine	Aluminum, Iron	Past Producer
Estelle Mining Comp	Iron	Past Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Kensington Iron and Coal Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
McCutchen (historical)	1.6 miles	25
Bronco	2.5 miles	25
Hawkins	3.9 miles	19
Center Post	4.0 miles	19
Mount Carmel	4.2 miles	25
Cedar Grove	4.4 miles	25
Guild (historical)	4.6 miles	25
Harrisburg	4.7 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354118. 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.