McCaysville, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30555. It stands on Toccoa River. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle. 1,149 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,463 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMcCaysville grew from 1,056 to 1,149 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,056 | |
| 2020 | 1,149 | +93 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
363 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of McCaysville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,332 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 111 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 | 170 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | ANGELICO RIDGE |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FANNIN-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of McCaysville: 23 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Mine | Iron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1854, 1941 | |
| Burra Burra Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | 1843, 1901 | |
| Calloway Mine | Zinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1853, 1948 | |
| Cherokee Mine | Copper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1847, 1962 | |
| Cities Service Iron Roaster | Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, Zinc | Producer | ||
| East Tennessee Mine | Sulfur, Copper, Iron | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Eureka Mine | Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Isabella Mine | Copper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Mary | Iron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Paul Campbell Isabella Pit No. 393 | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingtown | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Jonestown | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Williamstown | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Fry | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Pantertown | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Kyle | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Epworth | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Pierceville | 2.7 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on McCaysville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3261090 | 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 328732. 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.













