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Teloga, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Menlo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It stands on Allgood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty Gap quadrangle.

Teloga within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

405 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Teloga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,906 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 228 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/incendiarism228
Debris and open burning157
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATTOOGA-011
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-CHATTOOGA-009
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1998Debris and open burning4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Teloga: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone. 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
Dallas York Tripoli MineStonePast Producer
Armington MineAluminumPast Producer
Hawkins MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Neal MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Teloga in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
May 2003LightningTeloga$25,000The Summerville News reported that lightning struck the Teloga Baptist Church and set the foyer on fire. The church suffered moderate damage as a result.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindTeloga$15,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down between Teloga and Trion.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTeloga$1,000Emergency manager reported a large tree down across the road on Hwy 157 near the intersection with Valley View Ranch Rd.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindTeloga$1,000Large tree down along roadway at the intersection of hemphill rd and old teloga crossroads.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindTeloga-Chattooga County EM reported 2 trees down along Hwy 157, five miles north of Hwy 48.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Neal Crossing0.6 miles24
Broomtown (historical)1.8 miles24
Duck Creek (historical)2.7 miles19
Euthtilloga (historical)2.8 miles19
Chelsea3.0 miles24
Welcome Hill4.9 miles19
Fairview (historical)5.3 miles17
Trion5.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333203. 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.