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Maple Grove, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30560. It lies near Norman Cove. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.

Maple Grove within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

344 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 344 fires within 5 miles of Maple Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 818 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 66 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 burning211
Arson/incendiarism66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Other causes1

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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-003
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-005
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-004
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maple Grove: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Owenby PropertyIronProspect
Arp PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Hame String Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Bryan Mill0.9 miles23
Wright Mill1.1 miles23
Sparks Mill1.7 miles23
Dora (historical)1.8 miles23
Hemp1.9 miles23
Mashburn Mill2.3 miles23
Loving2.7 miles23
Cutcane3.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332314. 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.