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McKee, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dawsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. The Survey maps it on the Juno quadrangle.

McKee within Dawson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

331 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 331 fires within 5 miles of McKee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 776 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 99 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 burning174
Arson/incendiarism99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Fireworks2

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LUMPKIN-002
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DAWSON-001
24 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning8.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DAWSON001
8 August 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-DAWSON-005
6 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dawson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of McKee: 5 prospects, 4 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
AmicalolaGoldProspectVein, Some Placers
Baby Pl.GoldProspectVein, Some Placers
EllsworthGoldProspectVein, Some Placers
Etowah Gold Mining PropertiesGoldPast Producer
MagicGoldProspectVein, Some Placers
Miller Pl.GoldProspectVein, Some Placers
Missing Link MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Nina Head PlacerGoldPast Producer
Scott (Old Steele)GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Dawson 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
Dawsonville2.9 miles18
Juno3.0 miles19
Emma5.5 miles20
Afton6.2 miles20
Dougherty6.7 miles18
Landrum7.2 miles18
Johntown (historical)7.4 miles17
Hubbardsville8.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332353. 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.