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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.

McCaysville within Fannin County

Population over time

2 figures

McCaysville 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,056
20201,149+93 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

363 since 1992

Regional 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 burning170
Arson/incendiarism111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural4
Smoking3
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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceANGELICO RIDGE
30 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boyd MineIron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1854, 1941
Burra Burra MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1901
Calloway MineZinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1853, 1948
Cherokee MineCopper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1847, 1962
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
East Tennessee MineSulfur, Copper, IronProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Eureka MineIron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Isabella MineCopper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
MaryIron, Zinc, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Paul Campbell Isabella Pit No. 393Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel

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
Kingtown0.8 miles21
Jonestown0.9 miles21
Williamstown1.0 miles23
Fry1.1 miles21
Pantertown1.2 miles23
Kyle2.2 miles23
Epworth2.6 miles21
Pierceville2.7 miles21

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 McCaysvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3261090The 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.