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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Satolah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1993Regional 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/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | JOE BLECKLEY |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CLIFF |
| 4 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HOLDEN BRANCH #1 |
| 4 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HOLDEN BRANCH #2 |
| 3 August 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HOLDEN MTN |
| 8 July 1993 | Natural | 1,050 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | BIG MOUNTAIN |
| 24 July 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LOST |
| 20 July 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WEST FORK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Creek Olivine Deposit | Olivine, Vermiculite, Asbestos | Producer | Mafic Intrusive | |
| Laurel Creek Olivine Deposit | Magnesite, Asbestos, Vermiculite | Occurrence | ||
| Chattooga River Prospect | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Hicks Asbestos Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Nicholson Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Reid Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Ammons Branch Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| H.W. Bartley Property | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hamby Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Hamby Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Forks | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Satolah | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Antioch | 6.8 miles | 24 | |
| Spring Lake | 7.0 miles | 24 | |
| Sky Valley | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain City | 10.6 miles | 24 | |
| York | 10.7 miles | 24 | |
| Dillard | 10.8 miles | 24 |
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.






