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Roundtop, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carters Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. The Survey maps it on the Talking Rock quadrangle.

Roundtop within Gilmer 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Roundtop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,021 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 72 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 burning96
Arson/incendiarism72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2

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 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-006
30 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-001
2 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Roundtop: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, 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
Georgia-Tioga Iron Co. MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Georgia-Tioga Iron Company MineIronPast Producer
Tioga Iron Co MineIronPast Producer
Lots 142 & 143Marble, DimensionProspect
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Marble MineMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Gilmer County Quarry No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mill No 1 Ga Marble CoStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mill Nos 2 & 3 Ga Marble CoStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Gilmer County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roundtop in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2011Tornado (EF1)Roundtop$1,000,000A survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia in conjunction with the Gilmer County Emergency Management Director confirmed that a brief EF1 tornado, sandwiched between two microbursts, had touched down in west central Gilmer county approximately 3.5 miles southeast of Tails Creek or just northeast of Carters Lake and traveled east-northeast 2.6 miles before lifting. The maximum path width was determined to be 1/2 mile wide with maximum winds estimated to be 100 mph. Hundreds of trees were either blown down, uprooted, or snapped along the path of the tornado as it traveled through the Rose Garden subdivision. Approximately 100 homes in this area sustained at least minor damage as large trees fell on the structures. Several sustained major damage. There were reports from Atlanta television media that several people were trapped in their homes during this event, but this information was not confirmed. No injuries or fatalities were reported from this event.||[04/04-04/05/11: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF1, Gilmer, 2011:003].
June 2014Tornado (EF0)Roundtop$50,000A National Weather Service survey team determined that a weak EF-0 tornado touched down just north of Round Top on Old Round Top Road, tracking eastward through the Rolling Meadows subdivision. The tornado nearly paralleled Old Round Top Road. Approximately 20 trees were either snapped or uprooted. A couple of trees were reported to have fallen on a house and some cars.|[06/05/14: Tornado #1, County #1-1, EF0, Gilmer, 2014:008].
April 2011Thunderstorm WindRoundtop$5,000The Gilmer County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 20 trees were blown down or uprooted across the southern part of the county.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindRoundtop$3,000The Gilmer County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 10 trees were down across mainly the western portion of the county from the southwest corner at the Pickens county line to just northeast of Ellijay.

Every storm 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
Town Creek2.0 miles20
Talona2.9 miles20
Tioga3.3 miles20
Gartrell (historical)4.0 miles20
Carlisle (historical)4.0 miles20
Whitestone4.2 miles20
Ella Gap4.4 miles17
Webb4.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332935. 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.