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Pleasant Retreat, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30528. It stands on Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pleasant Retreat 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

303 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 303 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Retreat (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 916 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 21 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 burning217
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Smoking2

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 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WHITE001
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White 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 Pleasant Retreat (historical): 15 past producers, 7 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Zinc, Sulfur, Iron. 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
Chestatee MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Chestatee Pyrite MineSulfur, IronProspect
Ashbury PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
AtkinsonGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Working Also Within A
Blake (Sprague)GoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Working Also Within A
Cavender Creek ProspectGoldProspect
Cavender's CreekGoldPast ProducerVein
Cora Lee MineGoldProspectVein
Cora Lee ProspectGoldProspect
EtriesGoldPast ProducerVein Some Placer Working Also Within A

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
Tesnatee2.4 miles19
Oculus (historical)3.9 miles19
Cleveland4.2 miles19
Leo5.7 miles19
Benefit5.8 miles19
Yonah6.3 miles23
Pink6.7 miles19
Centerside6.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350908. 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.