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Sutallee, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Waleska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. The Survey maps it on the South Canton quadrangle.

Sutallee within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Sutallee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,104 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 63 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 burning77
Arson/incendiarism63
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3

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
6 September 2016Debris and open burning9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHEROKEE-002
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-006
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-004
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-005
18 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sutallee: 7 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Iron, Barium-Barite. 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
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Unnamed Specular Hematite DepositIronOccurrence
White PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Casteel MineGoldProspectVein
Cherokee MineGoldPast ProducerVein
CogginsGoldProspectVein
Culp MineGoldProspectVein
Farrar MineGoldProspectVein
Haynes No. 2GoldProspectVein
Labelle MineGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

15 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutallee in 15 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSutallee$50,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from northwest of Sutallee to Holly Springs and Canton. The most concentrated damage was along Bells Ferry Road between Sixes Road and Butterworth Road.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindSutallee$20,000The Cherokee county Emergency Management Director reported that a number of trees and power lines were blown down in Sutalee, in several locations six to eight miles southeast of Canton, in Hickory Flat, and just west of Woodstock.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindSutallee$10,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across northwest Cherokee County from around Sutallee to northeast of Waleska. Locations include White Road at Mount Olive Church Road, Reinhardt College Parkway right before Salacoa Road, near the intersection of Puckett Road and Fincher Road, near the intersection of Lake Arrowhead Drive and Indian Ridge Way, and near the intersection of Pittman Road and Dixon Road.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindSutallee$8,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across the western and northern portions of the county. Some locations include Fincher Road near Oakwind Parkway, around the intersections of Hornage Road with Bethany Road and Howell Bridge Road, and around Revis Mountain Road and Revis Mountain Parkway.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSutallee$6,000The Cherokee County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from Sutallee to Waleska, Canton and Worley Crossroads.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSutallee$3,000The Emergency Manager reported several trees down near the intersection of Fincher Road and Knox Bridge Highway.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSutallee$3,000The Cherokee County 911 center reported a tree blown down onto power lines near the intersection of Knox Bridge Highway and Upper Sweetwater Trail.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSutallee$2,000The Cherokee County Sheriffs Office reported power lines blown down across the road at the intersection of Knox Bridge Highway and Knox Campground Trail.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSutallee$2,000The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported that several trees and power lines were blown down along and near Georgia Highway 20.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSutallee$250The Cherokee County Emergency Manager reported a tree down near Highway 20 and Highway 108.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindSutallee-Tree across roadway at Knox Bridge Hwy and Rhine Rd.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSutallee-Report of trees down at Sutallee Ridge Trace and White Road.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindSutallee-Trees down at Shoal Creek Road and Whispering Woods Drive.
June 2011HailSutallee-The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of quarter-sized hail along the Bartow/Cherokee county line west, approximately two miles west of Sutallee. This storm was more intense in eastern Bartow county.
February 2005HailSutallee-The Cherokee County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail in far southwest Cherokee county near the Bartow county line.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Laffingal2.7 miles22
Fields Landing2.9 miles22
Little River Landing4.5 miles22
Cherokee4.5 miles22
Victoria Landing4.8 miles22
Victoria5.9 miles22
South Canton6.0 miles22
Univeter6.5 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326537. 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.