Tatum, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30752. It stands on Turner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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 Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
535 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 535 fires within 5 miles of Tatum (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,033 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 134 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 | 312 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 134 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE005 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DADE-002 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DADE-006 |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DADE-018 |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tatum (historical): 7 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Industries Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Iron and Steel Co Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Iron & Coal Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Sutton & Austin Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed, Lot 251, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 37, 11th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Rising Fawn Area | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cedar Hill | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Trenton | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Gass | 2.5 miles | 23 | |
| Stewart Town | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Plum Nelly | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Avans | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| New England | 5.3 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334401. 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.










