Sugar Valley, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sugar Valley-Resaca census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30746. It lies near Baugh Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sugar Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
325 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,363 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 100 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 | 142 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | JOHNS CREEK |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Valley: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| County Chert Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Lafollette Coal and Iron Co. Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Loomis Cut | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Old Alabama Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sugar Valley Land Company Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugar Valley in 2 storm reports between 1994 and 1997: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sugar Valley | $500,000 | Thunderstorm winds destroyed a chicken house and killed nearly 35,000 chickens on Mountain Loop Road in the town of Sugar Valley. Also, approximately two acres of pines trees were downed in the Johns Mountain Wildlife Area by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Sugar Valley | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill City | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Resaca | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Damascus | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Water Valley (historical) | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Echota | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Calhoun | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Oostanaula | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| New Town | 5.9 miles | 19 |
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 Sugar Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7634924 | 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 333155. 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.








