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Stock Hill, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Bailey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noontootla quadrangle.

Stock Hill within Fannin County

On record in Stock Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111/01010/00186N, Spanning Noontootle Creek on County Road 218, Stock Hill, Fannin County, GA
Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111/01010/00186N, Spanning Noontootle Creek on County Road 218, Stock Hill, Fannin County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Stock Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 burning32
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural5
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLICKLOG FIRE
25 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
30 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 June 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestDIAL PULLOVER
2 May 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestBRYSON GAP
11 May 1995Natural2.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWEEKS CREEK RD.
9 April 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stock Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Mccloud MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Noontootly CreekGoldPast ProducerVein
Wade Allenis Gold MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Newport1.1 miles23
Wilson Mill1.2 miles23
Dial3.7 miles25
Three Forks3.8 miles23
Swan3.9 miles25
Aska4.5 miles23
Argo (historical)4.8 miles23
Sugar Hill5.2 miles25

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 Q122540603The 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 333130. 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.