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South Canton, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30114. It stands on Canton Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Canton quadrangle.

South Canton within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

413 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of South Canton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 943 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 105 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 burning146
Arson/incendiarism105
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking16
Natural6

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
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHEROKEE-003
6 September 2016Debris and open burning9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHEROKEE-002
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHEROKEE-004
29 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 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 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of South Canton: 19 past producers, 11 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Brady MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Rich MineSulfur-Pyrite, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Rich Mine (Canton Mine)Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceChalcopyrite
White PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Chattahoochee Iron PropertyIronPast Producer
Unnamed, Chattahoochee Fe PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Blankenship Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blankenship Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
J B Wheeler ProspectMicaProspect
J D Hillhouse MinesMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Canton in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021HailSouth Canton$2,000,000The Cherokee County Emergency manager reported hail the size of golf balls 3 miles southwest of Canton.
July 2015LightningSouth Canton$40,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported a house fire started by lightning on Arbor Lake Drive at Lower Scott Mill Road.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSouth Canton$20,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and some power lines blown down in the Canton area, including Knox Bridge Highway at Beverly Drive, Killian Road between Celebration Song and Brick Mill Road, W. Haynes Road near Oakdale Road, Cartersville Street at McLain Street, and I-575 at Cumming Highway.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSouth Canton$8,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees down on the south side of Canton.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSouth Canton$3,000A tree was downed onto a home in the 3000 block of Cherokee Overlook Drive.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSouth Canton$3,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from around exit 16 on I-575 near Canton to east of Woodstock along Neese Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSouth Canton$2,000Tree down at Garland Way and Hickory Flat Hwy.
June 2016HailSouth Canton-The public reported quarter size hail around Canton.
April 2015HailSouth Canton-The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported penny size hail near Canton.
April 1998HailSouth Canton-The Cherokee county EMA reported dime size hail in Canton and South Canton.

Every storm 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
Univeter1.4 miles22
Canton1.6 miles20
North Canton2.0 miles20
Holly Springs3.0 miles22
Fields Landing3.9 miles22
Avery4.6 miles20
Buffington4.8 miles20
Cherokee4.9 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122591104The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333088. 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.