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Spile, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ivylog census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30582. It stands on Rogers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blairsville quadrangle.

Spile within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

318 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Spile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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 burning215
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCOLWELL ROAD
5 September 2007Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestIVY LOG GAP
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning13 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Spile: 8 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kyanite. 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
Warne-Sylva Kyn BeltKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Wellborn Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
BrownGoldProspectVein
Butt MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Chastian Placer MineGoldPast Producer
Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Horse VeinGoldOccurrence
Horse VeinGoldProspectVein
Hunt MineGoldProspectVein
Killian MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spile in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSpile$3,000A couple of trees reported down near Ivy Log.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSpile$1,500The Union County Emergency Manager reported six trees down across the county, from the northern part of the county to near Blairsville.
March 2021Flash FloodSpile-The Emergency Manager reported flooding of Old Gumlog Spur from Reese Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 8 inches of rainfall occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
March 2018HailSpile-The public reported half-dollar size hail north of Blairsville.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Spilo (historical)0.0 miles23
Ebenezer2.3 miles23
Pleasant Hill2.8 miles23
Canal Lake2.9 miles23
Youngstown3.8 miles23
Notalee Orchards4.1 miles23
Blairsville4.2 miles23
Ivylog4.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330951. 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.