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Nimblewill, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dahlonega census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. It lies near Jake Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Nimblewill quadrangle.

Nimblewill within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Nimblewill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,708 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 56 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 burning109
Arson/incendiarism56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use12
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHIDDEN LAKE
3 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestPERSIMMON FIRE
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestTURNER CREEK
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCHECK STATION
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin 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
Wier (historical)3.0 miles20
Jay (historical)3.6 miles21
Buckhorn Tavern6.1 miles21
Hedwig (historical)6.3 miles21
Burtsboro6.4 miles18
Cane Creek6.8 miles21
Etowah (historical)7.6 miles18
Dahlonega8.5 miles18

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 Q122563600The 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 332505. 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.