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Monteideo, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hartwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30643. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hartwell Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Monteideo within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Monteideo (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 308 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 burning74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HART-002
6 September 2016Debris and open burning17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HART-001
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Monteideo (historical): 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Burco Deposit & R H Burns DepositMicaOccurrence
Carter MineMicaPast Producer
Fretwell North ProspectMicaProspect
Gaillard MineMicaPast Producer1906, 1943
Gaillard MineMicaPast Producer
Old Parks Property ProspectMicaOccurrence
Scrap MineMicaPast Producer
Sherard MineMicaPast Producer
Shiflett ProspectMicaProspect
Sloan Reed DepositMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Hart 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
Oak Bower (historical)3.4 miles15
Hartwell4.8 miles13
Nuberg5.7 miles13
Bio6.5 miles13
Flat Shoals7.7 miles13
Reed Creek8.6 miles14
Mount Olivet8.6 miles14
Eagle Grove9.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350755. 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.