Maretts, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bowersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30553. The Survey maps it on the Reed Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Elberton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Reed Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Abbeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Maretts between 1992 and 2019, burning about 452 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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 | 125 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HART001 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HART-002 |
| 19 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HART-002 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-004 |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-003 |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Maretts: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland Mine | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unknown, Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Cole Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Isam Sanders Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Lon Allen Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Scott Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Sula Mccurley Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mica Prospects | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Waterhole Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maretts in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maretts | - | EM reported multiple trees blown down between Hartwell and Reed Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olivet | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Shoal Creek | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cross Roads | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Reed Creek | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Parkertown Mill | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Parkertown | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Flat Shoals | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hartwell | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122566294 | 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 332316. 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.




