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Pine Mountain, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30525. It stands on Laurel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Satolah quadrangle.

Pine Mountain within Rabun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

63 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Pine Mountain between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,297 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
17 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use12 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJOE BLECKLEY
12 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCLIFF
4 August 2002Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHOLDEN BRANCH #1
4 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHOLDEN BRANCH #2
3 August 2002Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHOLDEN MTN
8 July 1993Natural1,050 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestBIG MOUNTAIN
24 July 2011Natural3.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLOST
20 July 2000Smokingunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWEST FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rabun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pine Mountain: 13 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Asbestos, Olivine, Vermiculite, Asbestos, Magnesite. 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
Laurel Creek Olivine DepositOlivine, Vermiculite, AsbestosProducerMafic Intrusive
Laurel Creek Olivine DepositMagnesite, Asbestos, VermiculiteOccurrence
Chattooga River ProspectAsbestosPast Producer
Hicks Asbestos MineAsbestosPast Producer
Nicholson MineAsbestosPast Producer
Reid MineAsbestosPast Producer
Ammons Branch MineGoldPast Producer
H.W. Bartley PropertyGoldOccurrence
Hamby MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Hamby MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rabun 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
Three Forks2.4 miles18
Satolah3.5 miles18
Antioch6.8 miles24
Spring Lake7.0 miles24
Sky Valley8.4 miles24
Mountain City10.6 miles24
York10.7 miles24
Dillard10.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329221. 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.