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Spilo, 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. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spilo 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

319 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Spilo (historical) 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/undetermined46
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 Spilo (historical): 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

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
Spile0.0 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 353186. 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.