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Neal Crossing, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It stands on Allgood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty Gap quadrangle.

Neal Crossing within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

421 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Neal Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,938 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 238 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/incendiarism238
Debris and open burning157
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATTOOGA-011
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-CHATTOOGA-009
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHATTOOGA-018
6 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Neal Crossing: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone. 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
Dallas York Tripoli MineStonePast Producer
Armington MineAluminumPast Producer
Hawkins MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Neal MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neal Crossing in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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
March 2021Flash FloodNeal Crossing$20,000The Emergency Manager reported Neal Gap Road was washed out from high flow conditions on Teloga Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNeal Crossing$3,000Report of three trees down on roadways along and near trion teloga rd in the area near GA 337.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindNeal Crossing$3,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down in Teloga.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindNeal Crossing$2,000The emergency manager relayed a report of two downed trees, one on power lines at neal gap road and webb road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNeal Crossing$1,000Tree down at Trion Teloga Rd and Bryant Rd near Teloga Creek.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindNeal Crossing-Multiple trees blocking both lanes near the intersection of GA-337 and Neal Gap Road.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Teloga0.6 miles24
Broomtown (historical)1.3 miles24
Chelsea2.4 miles24
Duck Creek (historical)3.2 miles19
Euthtilloga (historical)3.3 miles19
Fairview (historical)4.8 miles17
Cloudland4.9 miles24
Welcome Hill5.3 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122545828The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332470. 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.