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Shady Valley, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30507. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Shady Valley within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Shady Valley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 413 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 42 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 burning142
Arson/incendiarism42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking9
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL001
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-010
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Shady Valley: 9 prospects, 5 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gainesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
A.G. JenningsGoldPast ProducerVein
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Greenway0.3 miles15
Rabbitown0.5 miles15
Rainbow Village1.6 miles15
White Sulphur Springs1.7 miles15
Wild Fern1.7 miles15
New Holland1.8 miles15
Morning Side Hills1.9 miles15
Fleetwood2.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687060. 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.