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Mica, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Ball Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30534. The Survey maps it on the Ball Ground East quadrangle.

Mica within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Mica between 1992 and 2020, burning about 801 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 144 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
Arson/incendiarism144
Debris and open burning99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks1

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-PICKENS-017
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-004
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Natural1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PICKENS-003
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DAWSON002
2 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Mica: 9 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Iron, Marble, Dimension. 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
Cochran MineMica, BerylliumPast Producer
Creighton MineGold, CobaltPast Producer
Duncan QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Franklin-Creighton MineGold, Cobalt, CopperPast Producer1841, 1909
Grady Holbert PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Grady Holbert PropertyIronPast Producer
Lot 296Marble, DimensionOccurrence
Marble Deposit UnnamedMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Burty No.1GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Cox ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mica in 4 storm reports between 2022 and 2026: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026Thunderstorm WindMica$2,000The emergency manager relayed a report of two trees down 4 miles se of tate.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMica$1,000Tree down at Reavus Mountain Road and Cherokee Gold Rrail.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMica-M89.1 mph wind gust at fire station 15. Davis 6410 weather station was broken during the wind gust. Measurement was taken approximately 20 feet off the ground.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMica-Report of tree down at the 600 block of Spriggs Trail.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Ophir2.0 miles21
Centerville (historical)2.1 miles21
Creighton (historical)4.5 miles21
Ball Ground5.7 miles22
Lathemtown7.9 miles19
Orange7.9 miles21
Gober8.0 miles22
Free Home8.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332379. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.