Sautee, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Helen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30571. It stands on Ben Creek. The Survey maps it on the Helen quadrangle.
On record in Sautee
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Harshaw-Stovall Houselisted 1984
Sautee Valley Historic Districtlisted 1986
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Helen quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
2 photographs, 2017Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Sautee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 656 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 | 108 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-HABERSHAM-014 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Sautee: 21 prospects, 10 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Platinum, Tungsten, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White County Occurrences | Platinum, Tungsten, Gold | Occurrence | PLACER | |
| Bell Davis Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Childs Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Childs Placer | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Conley Vein | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Deans Vein | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Franco-American | Gold | Prospect | Vein Some Placer Mining Also Done | |
| Franklin & Glenn | Gold | Prospect | Placer Dominates, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Frazier | Gold | Prospect | Vein Some Placer Mining Also Done | |
| Gayton Plac | Gold | Prospect | Vein Some Placer Mining Also Done |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sautee in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 2021 | Flash Flood | Sautee | $20,000 | The Emergency Manager reported Lynch Mountain Road washed out. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sautee | $6,000 | Reports of trees down on Hwy 17 near Carr Creek. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sautee | $1,000 | A cooperative observer reported trees and power lines down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sautee | - | Tree down along Panorama Dr South of Marci Lane. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sautee | - | Report of 4 to 5 trees down along Lynch Mountain Road between Highway 255 N and Hub Tatum Road. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Sautee | - | The Emergency Manager reported flooding near the intersection of Lynch Mountain Road and Highway 255. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sautee | - | A clerk at the Sautee Inn Bed and Breakfast in Sautee reported dime to quarter sized hail. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sautee | - | A COOP observer in Sautee reported quarter sized hail. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Sautee | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative observed reported penny-sized hail from the Sautee area. The hail lasted for up to five minutes. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Sautee | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail near Sautee. One tree was also blown down further south near Mossy Creek as this thunderstorm developed southward toward 845 pm EDT. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Sautee | - | The public reported dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynch (historical) | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Naguchee (historical) | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Nacoochee | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Helen | 2.9 miles | 20 | |
| Robertstown | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Yonah | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Stovall Mill | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Eastburn (historical) | 5.3 miles | 19 |
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 Q122566733 | 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 332987. 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.







