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Robertstown, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Helen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30545. It stands on Horton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Helen quadrangle. It stands 1,450 feet above sea level.

Robertstown within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Robertstown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,207 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 15 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 burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2007Natural350 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSTONEY KNOB
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWHITE OAK GAP
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WHITE-001
20 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Natural3.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestDOUBLE HEAD
10 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Robertstown: 21 prospects, 9 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Tungsten, 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
White County OccurrencesPlatinum, Tungsten, GoldOccurrencePLACER
Ashbury PropertyGoldPast Producer
Childs MineGoldPast Producer
Childs PlacerGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting
Conley VeinGoldProspect
Deans VeinGoldProspect
Franco-AmericanGoldProspectVein Some Placer Mining Also Done
Franklin & GlennGoldProspectPlacer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting
FrazierGoldProspectVein Some Placer Mining Also Done
Gayton PlacGoldProspectVein Some Placer Mining Also Done

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robertstown in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRobertstown$2,000The White County 911 Center reported that at least a half-a-dozen trees were down across the county, mainly around Cleveland.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRobertstown$750The Sautee Cooperative Observer conducted a damage survey across the north and east part of the county and found three large trees down, two down on the highway just east of Sautee on Georgia Highway 17 and another along Georgia Highway 255 east of Stovall Mill. Several tree limbs and branches were also down between Robertstown, Cleveland, and areas east of Sautee.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindRobertstown$500The White County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down at Unicoi State Park.
July 2011HailRobertstown-The public observed nickel to quarter-sized hail near Unicoi State Park, just northeast of Helen.
May 2006HailRobertstown-The public reported that hail fell for up to 15 minutes in the Helen area.

Every storm recorded in White 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
Helen0.8 miles20
Nacoochee2.4 miles20
Naguchee (historical)2.5 miles20
Sautee3.6 miles20
Lynch (historical)4.1 miles20
Yonah4.8 miles23
Stovall Mill7.7 miles19
Eastburn (historical)7.9 miles19

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 RobertstownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65041081The 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 332874. 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.