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Sharp Top, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Ball Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30107. The Survey maps it on the Ball Ground West quadrangle.

Sharp Top within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

287 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 287 fires within 5 miles of Sharp Top between 1992 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 91 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 burning136
Arson/incendiarism91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony7
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural3

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 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-007
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-007
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sharp Top: 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron, Beryllium, Iron, Manganese. 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
Denson MinesMica, BerylliumPast Producer
Richards PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1919
Cherokee Iron MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Cherokee Iron MineIronPast Producer
G.P. Mcfarland PropertyIronOccurrence
S.C. Tate EstateIronPast ProducerResidual
A V Reeves ProspectMicaProspect
Allen Morton ProspectMicaProspect
Bennett MineMicaPast Producer
C C West ProspectsMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Worley Crossroads1.5 miles21
Burris Crossroads2.3 miles22
Waleska4.9 miles20
Gober5.6 miles22
Ball Ground5.9 miles22
Beasley Gap6.1 miles20
Keithsburg6.3 miles22
Salacoa7.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333016. 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.