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Northcutt, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. It stands on Whitepath Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ellijay quadrangle.

Northcutt within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Northcutt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,188 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GILMER-002
21 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-004
5 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Northcutt: 12 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Manganese, Marble, Dimension. 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
Searcy PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1919
A.J.Pinson PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Davis ProspectsManganesePast Producer1919
Holt PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Lacey PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
Searcy PropertyIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Whitaker PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
HoltGoldProspectPlacer
Turkey PenGoldProspectPlacer
WhitakerGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Gilmer County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northcutt in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindNorthcutt$1,000Report of power lines down on Waleska Lane.

Every storm recorded in Gilmer 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
Turniptown (historical)1.5 miles17
White Path1.7 miles23
Jones Mill (historical)3.2 miles23
Ellijay3.7 miles17
East Ellijay3.9 miles17
Santaluca3.9 miles23
Cherry Log4.0 miles23
Chopped Oak4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329059. 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.