Taliaferro, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lyerly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30730. It stands on Taliaferro Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lyerly quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Taliaferro within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Lyerly quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

508 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 508 fires within 5 miles of Taliaferro (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,891 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 273 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
Arson/incendiarism	273
Debris and open burning	177
Equipment and vehicle use	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Recreation and ceremony	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Natural	7

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 1998	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1995	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	13 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-CHATTOOGA-006
3 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CHATTOOGA-017
3 September 1995	Arson/incendiarism	3.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2019	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020CHATTOOGA009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Taliaferro (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Culbertson Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer
Dirseller Mt. Area-B		Past Producer
Dirtseller Mt. Area		Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chattooga 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lyerly	1.8 miles	17
Holland	2.2 miles	17
Chattoogaville	3.7 miles	16
Cheney (historical)	4.4 miles	16
Silver Hill	4.9 miles	16
Berryton	4.9 miles	17
Perennial	5.3 miles	17
Poetry	5.8 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 344503. 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.