Satolah, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30525. It stands on Millstone Branch. The Survey maps it on the Satolah quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Satolah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Satolah between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,680 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | National Forests in North Carolina | WALKING STICK |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CLIFF |
| 10 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | National Forests in North Carolina | ROCK HOUSE |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | 7.0 acres | National Forests in North Carolina | WILSON GAP |
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | CHASTAIN VALLEY |
| 8 July 1993 | Natural | 1,050 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | BIG MOUNTAIN |
| 20 July 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WEST FORK |
| 17 July 2009 | Natural | 7.3 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | REED CREEK |
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 Satolah: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Asbestos, Olivine, Vermiculite, Asbestos, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Creek Olivine Deposit | Olivine, Vermiculite, Asbestos | Producer | Mafic Intrusive | |
| Laurel Creek Olivine Deposit | Magnesite, Asbestos, Vermiculite | Occurrence | ||
| Hicks Asbestos Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Nicholson Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Reid Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Ammons Branch Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ammons Branch Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Ammons Branch Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Gold | |
| H.W. Bartley Property | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Hamby Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Placer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Satolah in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2012: 2 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Hail | Satolah | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Satolah | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Satolah | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Forks | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Pine Mountain | 3.5 miles | 18 | |
| Spring Lake | 6.2 miles | 24 | |
| Sky Valley | 7.4 miles | 24 | |
| Antioch | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Dillard | 10.4 miles | 24 | |
| York | 11.1 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain City | 11.4 miles | 24 |
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 Satolah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65041829 | 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 332986. 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.






