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Mount Carmel, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. The Survey maps it on the LaFayette quadrangle.

Mount Carmel within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

430 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Mount Carmel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,023 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 132 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 burning237
Arson/incendiarism132
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-009
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mount Carmel: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Wilmer Frye ProspectIron, ManganeseProspect
Horine Development Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Patton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Shinbone Ridge Area-CIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Blaylock Mill0.6 miles25
Guild (historical)1.5 miles25
Pledger Parkway1.6 miles25
Walnut Grove1.7 miles25
Bronco1.7 miles25
Horse Lake Estates2.3 miles25
Martindale2.8 miles19
LaFayette3.3 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332429. 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.