BlockPossie, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Tignall census division. It stands on Benson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tignall quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1906 USGS Crawfordville quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tignall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Possie (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 298 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-WILKES-011 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LINCOLN-003 |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WILKES-011 |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Possie (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Granite, Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambers Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1892, 1895 | |
| Pink Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Silver Pearl Quarry | Granite | Producer | ||
| Chamber Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| G.W. Booker Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kendall Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floral Hill | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Sandtown | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Metasville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Danburg | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Cohentown | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sandy Hill | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Armstrong (historical) | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Tignall | 6.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342788. 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.