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Mossy Creek, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mossy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30528. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leaf quadrangle.

Mossy Creek within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Mossy Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 burning169
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Natural1

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
11 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-004
11 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WHITE-001
8 August 2002Debris and open burning6.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HABERSHAM-012
7 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HABERSHAM-011
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HABERSHAM-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Mossy Creek: 4 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese. 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
Armour ProspectManganeseProspect
Chatman EstateGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Crow (L.W. Bowen) MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting Also
Crow Heirs MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Elrod, T.GoldProspectPlacer
J. Loudermilk (J. Perkins)GoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting Also
Lymsden PropertyGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mossy Creek in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. 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
June 2018LightningMossy Creek$150,000The White County Emergency Manager reported extensive damage to a residence on New Bridge Road due to a fire caused by lightning striking the home.
October 2020Flash FloodMossy Creek$5,000The Emergency Manager reported a portion of Barrett Mill Road was washed out due to high water conditions from Flat Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindMossy Creek$5,000The White County 911 center reported several trees blown down on Webster Lake Road.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindMossy Creek$1,000Tree downed at Duncan Bridge Rd near Webster Lake Rd.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMossy Creek$1,000The Cleveland Police reported a tree down at the intersection of Airport Road and Lothridge Road.

Every storm recorded in White 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
Benefit2.6 miles19
Rogers Mill2.6 miles19
Leaf2.6 miles19
Leo2.9 miles19
Centerside3.1 miles19
Kinseytown3.7 miles19
Pink3.8 miles19
Eastburn (historical)4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 328860. 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.