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Margret, Georgia

25 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 30572. It lies near Tooni Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wilscot quadrangle.

Margret within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Fires near this place

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Margret between 1992 and 2020, burning about 291 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLICKLOG FIRE
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSKEENAH GAP
23 August 2011Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-002
25 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
4 May 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UNION013
27 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestDIAL PULLOVER
22 May 1997Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestBRYSON GAP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Margret: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Mccloud MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Noontootly CreekGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Margret in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2011: 3 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007HailMargret$110,000The public reported golf ball-sized hail in the southeast part of the county between Hurst, Dial, and Margret. The hail, combined with estimated winds up to 55 mph, was large enough to crack windshields and cause damage near Wilscot Mountain on Georgia Highway 60.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindMargret$3,000The Fannin County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down. An exact number was not provided. This information based on comparison to previous and subsequent storms with similar intensity in this region during this time frame.
May 2011HailMargret-The Fannin County 911 Center reported hail of unknown size. However, the storm moving across the far southeast part of the county was of stronger intensity than in a downstream county where it produced golf ball-sized hail.
April 2005HailMargret-The public reported quarter-sized hail. In addition, wind gusts were estimated between 50 and 60 mph.

Every storm 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
Cooper Creek0.8 miles23
Sugar Hill1.8 miles25
Swan2.3 miles25
Dial3.8 miles25
Argo (historical)4.4 miles23
Newport5.1 miles23
Stock Hill5.5 miles23
Craytonia5.7 miles25

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 Q122569417The 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 332317. 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.