Soquee, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It stands on Beaverdam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Soquee within Habersham County

On record in Soquee

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 within a mile 12 of 20 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Porter-York Houselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Griggs-Erwin Houselisted 1982 · 0.2 miles away
Baron-York Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Furr-Lambert Houselisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Jackson Pharmacylisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Jackson Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Henry Asbury Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Mauldin Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
Grace Churchlisted 1980 · 0.5 miles away
J. A. Lewis Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Daes Chapel Methodist Churchlisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Market Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away

Every listing in Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

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
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Clarkesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Soquee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 24 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	173
Arson/incendiarism	24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	6
Natural	6
Recreation and ceremony	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
8 September 1997	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Soquee (historical): 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Iron, Kyanite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence	Kyanite	Past Producer	1932
Piedmont College Farm	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
C.T. Willbanks	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
H. Woods	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Habersham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Habersham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Nichols Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Stamborough Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Habersham 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Clarkesville	0.5 miles	18
College Park	1.5 miles	19
Hills	1.5 miles	18
Dixon Crossroads	1.8 miles	19
Bert (historical)	2.0 miles	18
Habersham Station (historical)	2.2 miles	18
Habersham	2.6 miles	18
Anandale (historical)	2.9 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 352896. 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.