Sumac, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crandall-Eton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30705. It stands on McIntire Branch. The Survey maps it on the Beaverdale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Beaverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
302 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Sumac between 1992 and 2019, burning about 742 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 44 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 | 168 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HICKORY RIDGE |
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | TURTLE |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WHITFIELD-001 |
| 3 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-MURRAY-004 |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MURRAY-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sumac: 6 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.C. and J.H. Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J.K. Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| J.W.Coffey Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| John Johnson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Keith Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Lafollette Coal and Iron Co Prosp | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mrs.W.R.Davis Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Poteet Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Poteet Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| W R Rymer Property | Iron | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sumac in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumac | $1,000 | The Murray County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Mantooth Road south of Halls Chapel Road. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sumac | $1,000 | The public reported that two trees were down on Georgia Highway 2 near the Whitfield county line and the community of Beaverdale while two more trees were reported down in Crandall. |
| September 2007 | Heavy Rain | Sumac | $500 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that heavy rain had caused portions of Georgia Highway 225 near Northwest Elementary School Road to become flooded and closed. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Sumac | - | WRCB Television of Chattanooga reported that a weather spotter observed some quarter-sized hail, but mostly pea-sized hail in the Eton area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crandall | 3.1 miles | 21 | |
| Temple Grove | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Eton | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 4.7 miles | 22 | |
| Gregory | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cisco | 5.7 miles | 22 | |
| Oran | 6.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333157. 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.











