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Rolston, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Rich Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30536. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tickanetley quadrangle.

Rolston within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Rolston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,096 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 burning44
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GILMER-007
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MURRAY-001
15 July 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GILMER-003
2 June 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestRICH MTN PLANE
7 May 2007Arson/incendiarism5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rolston: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Cartecay Mine (Lucky Eight)GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
UnknownGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Gilmer 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
Roy1.4 miles22
Pike (historical)2.1 miles17
Tickanetley3.0 miles22
Quill3.2 miles22
Oakland3.6 miles17
Diamond3.6 miles22
Cartecay3.9 miles17
Turniptown (historical)4.7 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122558234The 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 332914. 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.