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Rober, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Talking Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30175. It stands on Mud Creek. The Survey maps it on the Talking Rock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rober within Pickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Rober (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 698 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 79 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 burning114
Arson/incendiarism79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LUMPKIN-003
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pickens County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Rober (historical): 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Mica, Gold. 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
Betz MineGoldPast Producer
Mill No 4 Ga Marble CoDolomiteProducer
J F Hillhouse ProspectsMicaProspect
J L Mullinax ProspectMicaProspect
W J Garrison ProspectMicaProspect
Lots 142 & 143Marble, DimensionProspect
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Marble MineMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pickens 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
Carns Mill1.0 miles20
Keasley (historical)1.3 miles20
Talking Rock1.4 miles20
Blaine1.8 miles20
Clipper3.3 miles20
Hinton4.1 miles19
Scarecorn4.1 miles20
West Brook4.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704606. 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.