Santaluca, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. It stands on Bryant Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cashes Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Santaluca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,103 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WOLFPEN |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GILMER-002 |
| 21 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-GILMER-006 |
| 12 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GILMER-004 |
| 26 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 July 2016 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | GIBSON CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Santaluca: 7 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Manganese, Marble, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searcy Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| A.J.Pinson Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Davis Prospects | Manganese | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Holt Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Lacey Property | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Searcy Property | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Whitaker Property | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Holt | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Turkey Pen | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Whitaker | Gold | Prospect | Placer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santaluca in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santaluca | $2,000 | Trees down along Boardtown Road . |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santaluca | $2,000 | The Gilmer County 911 center reported a tree blown down onto power lines along Boardtown Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santaluca | $1,000 | Wires down near the intersection of big ben road and boardtown road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santaluca | $1,000 | Gilmer county EM reported trees down on Boardtown Road. Size and number of trees down is unknown. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Mill (historical) | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Chopped Oak | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Goose Island | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cherry Log | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| White Path | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Higdon Mill (historical) | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Burnett | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Lucius | 3.1 miles | 23 |
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 Q122589041 | The 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 332978. 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.












