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Red Clay, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30710. It lies near Signal Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cohutta quadrangle.

Red Clay within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Red Clay between 1992 and 2019, burning about 509 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 burning95
Arson/incendiarism18
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning2.5 acresTennessee Division of ForestryGREAT WALL OF CHINA
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WHITFIELD001
20 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-WHITFIELD-002
13 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Red Clay: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Lanski Property--Talc Indus IncStone, Crushed/Broken, ManganeseProducer1918
Lord MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Cohutta No 2, Varnell-Cohutta Distr.Iron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Cohutta Number TwoIron, ManganesePast Producer1918
D.A.M. MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
D.A.M. MineManganesePast Producer1918
Hannah ProspectManganeseProspect
M.V. Jones ProspectManganeseProspect
Sloan ProspectManganeseProspect
Snyder ProspectManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Whitfield County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Clay in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 lightning. 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
September 2009FloodRed Clay$500,000The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that significant flooding continued across much of the county during this time frame. A number of roads remained flooded, impassable and closed. Dozens of homes and businesses were flooded. Coahulla Creek at Keith's Mill near Dalton exceeded flood stage of 16 feet at 1157 am EDT and remained above flood stage for several days. Additional monetary damage during this time frame was estimated to be $500,000.
September 2009FloodRed Clay$250,000Whitfield county emergency management personnel and USGS stream gages confirmed that major flooding continued across much of the county. Several homes, apartments, businesses, and roads sustained damage from flooding. Several roads were closed. Monetary damages from flooding continued to mount, with an additional $250,000 incurred during this time frame, nearly all of which occurred prior to 845 am EDT on the 22nd. Flood waters began to recede after 845 am EDT on the 22nd, but many locations remained flooded through 845 am EDT on the 23rd.
July 2012LightningRed Clay$30,000The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported that lightning struck a house on Old Cleveland Highway, sparking a fire. Significant damage was sustained to a portion of the house. No injuries were reported.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindRed Clay$8,000The local media reported numerous trees and power lines blown down along Cleveland Highway near the Tennessee state line.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindRed Clay$1,000A tree was downed on Old Dalton Cleveland Highway at Hopewell Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindRed Clay$1,000A tree was downed on Seaton Loop at Baldwin Road.

Every storm recorded in Whitfield 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
Parrett Crossing0.9 miles24
Cohutta1.8 miles24
Mills (historical)3.8 miles24
Edgar (historical)3.9 miles24
Varnell6.0 miles24
Prater Mill6.3 miles24
Beaverdale7.0 miles19
Plainview7.4 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Red ClayAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65040912The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356488. 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.