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Subligna, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Little Sand Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It stands on Ruff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Subligna quadrangle.

Subligna within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Subligna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,976 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 101 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
Arson/incendiarism101
Debris and open burning97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestTEEMS
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2016Recreation and ceremony2.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestEVERETTE SPRINGS
23 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Subligna: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin. 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
Halloysite MineClayPast Producer
Northwest Georgia BauxiteKaolinProducer1883

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

3 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Subligna in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSubligna$1,000Large tree down along East Armuchee Road near Gore Subligna Road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSubligna$750The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported three trees down on Subligna Road.
April 2006HailSubligna-A storm spotter reported that penny to quarter-sized hail covered the ground just north of Summerville. Doppler radar supported similar hail throughout much of the county.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Beatum2.4 miles20
Haywood (historical)4.8 miles16
Farmersville5.6 miles16
East Trion5.6 miles19
Trion6.6 miles19
Welcome Hill7.0 miles19
Zula (historical)7.1 miles16
Gore7.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329874. 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.