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Stay, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. It stands on Left Fork Cavenders Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dahlonega quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stay within Lumpkin 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.

Fires near this place

462 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 462 fires within 5 miles of Stay (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 984 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 33 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 burning321
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Arson/incendiarism33
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural14
Smoking4

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 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Stay (historical): 26 past producers, 7 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Copper, Sulfur, Zinc. 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
Chestatee MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Chestatee Pyrite MineSulfur, IronProspect
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Colwell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arnold Consolidated Gold MinesGoldPast Producer
Ashbury PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Bast MineGoldPast Producer
Beers MineGoldPast Producer
Boly Field MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lumpkin 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
Wild (historical)1.2 miles18
Grace (historical)3.0 miles19
Garland3.2 miles18
Tube (historical)3.3 miles18
Dahlonega4.6 miles18
Willow (historical)4.7 miles24
Porter Springs5.0 miles24
Cane Creek5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357214. 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.