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Sugar Hill, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. It stands on Little Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the White East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sugar Hill within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Hill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 57 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2

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 2002Natural8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-020
5 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-024
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-019
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BARTOW006
19 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism28 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Hill (historical): 47 occurrences, 26 past producers, 16 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Bluff MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Upshire QuarryStonePast Producer
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rob Shinall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
AlexanderIron, ManganeseUnknown1954
AllisonIron, ManganesePast Producer1919
AubreyIron, ManganesePast Producer1918
BoneyardIron, ManganesePast Producer1900
BuffordIron, ManganeseUnknown1954

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Rydal2.3 miles20
Pine Log3.3 miles20
White3.7 miles20
Bolivar4.3 miles20
Stamp Creek (historical)4.4 miles22
Aubrey4.8 miles19
Funkhouser5.3 miles19
McCallie5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334354. 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.