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Pink, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mossy Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30528. The Survey maps it on the Leaf quadrangle.

Pink within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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 Pink between 1992 and 2020, burning about 532 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 burning176
Arson/incendiarism28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes2

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WHITE001
11 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-WHITE-001
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WHITE-001
4 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HABERSHAM-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Pink: 9 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Baker & Son PlacerGoldPast ProducerVein
BellsGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included
Chatman EstateGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Cox Bottom MineGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included
Elrod, T.GoldProspectPlacer
FlennigenGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included
GloverGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included
MingoGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included
Old T. LeadfordGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included
OliverGoldProspectVein Some Placer Working Included

Every working recorded in White 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
Eastburn (historical)2.4 miles19
Benefit2.5 miles19
Stovall Mill2.5 miles19
Cleveland2.7 miles19
Leaf3.0 miles19
Kinseytown3.3 miles19
Mossy Creek3.8 miles19
Leo3.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332688. 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.