BlockSugar Hill, Georgia
25 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 30572. It stands on Woody Branch. The Survey maps it on the Wilscot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 25 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 Wilscot quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Wilscot quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Wilscot quadrangle1:24000, 2 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 Wilscot quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 501 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 29 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 burning | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LICKLOG FIRE |
| 16 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SKEENAH GAP |
| 4 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SANDY BOTTOM FIRE |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FANNIN-002 |
| 25 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 7 May 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 27 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | DIAL PULLOVER |
| 22 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sugar 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccloud Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Noontootly Creek | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Wade Allenis Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330450. 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.