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Shiloh, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Thomson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30824. The Survey maps it on the Winfield quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shiloh within McDuffie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 689 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 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 burning98
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural12
Smoking10
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
19 September 2011Arson/incendiarism7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-012
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2020Debris and open burning14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021MCDUFFIE003
11 September 2011Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-MCDUFFIE-008
11 September 1993Smoking1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDuffie County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh (historical): 5 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver. 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
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Parks MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
LandersGold, LeadProspectVein
PorterGold, LeadProspectVein
TathamGold, LeadProspectVein
WoodallGold, LeadProspectVein
Columbia Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Hamilton Gold MineGoldPast Producer
The Parks Gold MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDuffie 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
Hamilton Crossroads1.1 miles20
Anthony Crossroads2.4 miles14
Raysville2.8 miles20
Cobbham3.5 miles20
Tatham Mines (historical)3.7 miles14
Cobbham Crossroads3.7 miles20
Scuffletown3.8 miles20
Rousseau Spring (historical)4.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334201. 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.