Suches, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Suches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30572. It stands on Kennedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Suches quadrangle. It stands 2,792 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Suches quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Suches between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,915 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 48 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/incendiarism | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LUMPKIN-001 |
| 2 August 1993 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 29 July 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WATERFALL |
| 20 July 1998 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | BLOOD |
| 2 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019LUMPKIN001 |
| 17 July 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 19 June 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Suches in 1 storm report in 2009: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Hail | Suches | - | The Union County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of nickel-sized hail in the far southern portion of the county around Suches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | 1.6 miles | 24 | |
| Quebec (historical) | 1.9 miles | 24 | |
| Gaddistown | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Baxter | 4.4 miles | 24 | |
| Otto (historical) | 9.3 miles | 23 | |
| Hood | 9.4 miles | 22 | |
| Owltown | 9.6 miles | 23 | |
| Choestoe | 10.3 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Suches | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7632896 | The 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 333148. 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.
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.












