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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
318 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 215 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | COLWELL ROAD |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | IVY LOG GAP |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warne-Sylva Kyn Belt | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Wellborn Mountain Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brown | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Butt Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Chastian Placer Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer Mines | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Horse Vein | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Vein | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hunt Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Killian Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spile | $3,000 | A couple of trees reported down near Ivy Log. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spile | $1,500 | The Union County Emergency Manager reported six trees down across the county, from the northern part of the county to near Blairsville. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Spile | - | 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 2018 | Hail | Spile | - | The public reported half-dollar size hail north of Blairsville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spilo (historical) | 0.0 miles | 23 | |
| Ebenezer | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Canal Lake | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Youngstown | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Notalee Orchards | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| Blairsville | 4.2 miles | 23 | |
| Ivylog | 4.6 miles | 23 |
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.











