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McCullough, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mineral Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It lies near Dividing Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.

McCullough within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

340 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of McCullough between 1992 and 2020, burning about 903 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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 burning210
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism40
Smoking14
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural1
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
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceALLEN CIRCLE
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceFERRON REESE
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-005
16 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-006
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of McCullough: 8 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Polk Patterson MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Collins PropertyIronProspect
Owenby PropertyIronProspect
Silvey PropertyIronProspect
Arp PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Rapier Mill Creek DepositMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Hame String Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Park PropertyMarble, DimensionPast Producer

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
Sweet Gum1.0 miles23
Rocky Gap (historical)1.2 miles23
Watson Gap (historical)1.4 miles23
Coles Crossing2.6 miles23
Cutcane2.6 miles23
Dora (historical)2.9 miles23
Loving3.5 miles23
Pleasant Hill3.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332345. 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.