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Relay, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30125. The Survey maps it on the Cedartown East quadrangle.

Relay within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

645 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 645 fires within 5 miles of Relay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,315 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 335 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
Arson/incendiarism335
Debris and open burning209
Equipment and vehicle use39
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural8
Smoking5

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
9 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-POLK-003
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-POLK-002
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-007
6 September 2006Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Relay: 32 prospects, 29 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
Harper TractIron, ManganesePast Producer1895
Berkstresser Prop Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Berkstresser, H.L. ProspectCobalt, NickelProducerReplacement
Gibson MineManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerResidual
Gibson MineCobalt, ManganesePast Producer
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Cave Spring-DIronPast ProducerResidual
Warrick Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Washington BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Couper PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Relay in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017Thunderstorm WindRelay$4,000The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from around the intersection of Doyle Road and Reeceburg Road to Van Tressel Drive.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRelay$2,000Powerlines down on Shorton Road.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Brice2.2 miles19
Reeseburg2.4 miles18
Green2.4 miles19
Ridgedale4.8 miles18
Chubbtown4.9 miles18
Boozeville5.1 miles18
Silvermont5.1 miles18
Ridgewood Estates5.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326488. 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.