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Mauldins, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It lies near Irwin Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Helen quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mauldins within Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 20 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

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Mauldins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 480 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-WHITE-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Mauldins (historical): 7 past producers, 6 prospects. 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
Bell Davis PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Childs MineGoldPast Producer
Childs PlacerGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting
Franklin & GlennGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting
JonesGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting
Lot 10 Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Lumsden MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Mcneer PlacersGoldPast Producer
Monroe LowlandsGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting
Stovall MineGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting

Every working recorded in Habersham 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
Aerial0.3 miles20
Harvest3.6 miles19
Fairview4.9 miles18
Batesville5.9 miles19
Pardue Mill6.2 miles18
College Park6.5 miles19
Bert (historical)7.0 miles18
Soquee (historical)7.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351412. 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.