Salem, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. It stands on Grays Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Salem within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1892 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1912 USGS Mc Cormick quadrangle1:125000
1921 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1943 USGS Appling quadrangle1:62500
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Woodlawn quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Clark Hill Lake quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Salem (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 524 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 burning	64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Smoking	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
16 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 1998	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-COLUMBIA-007
11 August 1992	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 July 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Salem (historical): 3 past producers, 2 prospects. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bohler (Mathis)	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Dill	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Julia Or Phelps Mine	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Paschal	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Ramsey Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Woodlawn	1.8 miles	19
Leathersville	2.2 miles	19
Clay Hill	2.5 miles	19
Agnes (historical)	3.8 miles	19
Loce	4.0 miles	19
Amity	4.1 miles	19
New Hope	4.1 miles	19
White Rock (historical)	4.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344085. 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.