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Phelps, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30720. It stands on Little Swamp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalton South quadrangle.

Phelps within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Phelps between 1992 and 2020, burning about 947 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 34 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 burning131
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
Fireworks1

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 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-005
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-004
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MURRAY001
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield 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 Phelps: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Dalton Brick and Tile Co PitsClayPast Producer
Dalton Plant Dixie ChemAluminumPlant
Dalton City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dalton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H & S Industries IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Tilton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitfield 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
Five Springs1.1 miles18
Tilton3.3 miles18
Crown Mill Village3.4 miles18
Carbondale3.7 miles18
Mill Creek3.9 miles25
Cannon Heights4.9 miles21
Dalton5.0 miles21
Pratersville5.1 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332651. 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.