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Plum Nelly, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30738. It stands on Gray Creek. The Survey maps it on the Durham quadrangle.

Plum Nelly within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

328 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Plum Nelly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,020 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 83 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 burning186
Arson/incendiarism83
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Natural3

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE005
7 September 2010Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-003
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-002
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DADE006
21 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019DADE005
17 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade 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 Plum Nelly: 10 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Dimension, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Halloysite MineClayPast Producer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Progressive Industries QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Southern Iron and Steel Co QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Cassandra AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Phoenix Iron & Coal MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Sutton & Austin MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed, Lot 37, 11th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

5 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Plum Nelly in 5 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindPlum Nelly$25,000Report of a tree down on a house and truck on Plum Nelly Road, about 5 miles southeast of Trenton. No reported injuries.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPlum Nelly$1,000Em reports tree down at hwy 136 e and Memorial Dr.
May 2024HailPlum Nelly-Public MPING report of hail near Holder Loop Rd and Daisy Ln.
July 2023HailPlum Nelly-Quarter sized hail reported on Daisy Lane near the intersection of Holder Loop Road.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindPlum Nelly-Multiple trees down and blocking the road.

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Cedar Hill3.2 miles23
Rising Fawn3.3 miles23
Tatum (historical)3.5 miles23
Union4.2 miles23
Stewart Town4.5 miles23
Cloverdale5.4 miles23
Amos Mill5.4 miles23
Trenton5.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 352009. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.