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Sugartown, Georgia

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Catoosa Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ringgold quadrangle.

Sugartown within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

567 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 567 fires within 5 miles of Sugartown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,157 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 91 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 burning309
Arson/incendiarism91
Equipment and vehicle use65
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Smoking25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-008
9 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CATOOSA-005
7 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sugartown: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. 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
Catoosa Mining Co ProspectsManganeseOccurrence
Fox and Dowler PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1889
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tunnel Hill Distr.Past ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Catoosa County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sugartown in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindSugartown$1,500The Catoosa County 911 Center reported several trees down, including along Highway 41, Salem Valley Road, and Dogwood Road.

Every storm recorded in Catoosa 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
Greenwood0.5 miles27
Stone Church1.4 miles27
Copeland Crossing1.4 miles25
Shookville1.9 miles27
Catoosa Springs2.1 miles27
Keith2.7 miles27
Ringgold2.9 miles27
Pleasant Grove3.5 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333156. 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.