Silver City, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It lies in ZIP code area 30028. The Survey maps it on the Coal Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Coal Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Coal Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
204 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 204 fires within 5 miles of Silver City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 356 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 47 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 | 106 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FORSYTH-002 |
| 16 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FORSYTH-002 |
| 13 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DAWSON-003 |
| 12 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FORSYTH-004 |
| 1 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DAWSON-002 |
| 28 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Silver City: 7 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Whatley Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Barrett | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Barrett Au | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Crawford | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hayes | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Kim Mori Mines | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kin Mori Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Looper | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mcguire | Gold | Prospect | Vein Veined Zones |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver City in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver City | $7,000 | The Dawson County 911 center reported several trees and a few power lines blown down across the southeast corner of the county. Damage stretched from around the intersection of A T Moore Road and Kelly Bridge Road west of Silver City to the Lumpkin area, including Clayton Wallace Road, Sweetgum Drive and Highway 53 north and south of GA400. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Silver City | - | The Dawson County 911 Center reported quarter sized hail near Silver City. One tree was also reported blown down in north Dawson 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrettsville | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Dougherty | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lumpkin | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dawsonville | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Hubbardsville | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Landrum | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| McKee | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Juno | 10.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333054. 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.








