Tennga, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cisco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30751. The Survey maps it on the Tennga quadrangle. It stands 887 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 22 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
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Cohutta Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cohutta Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1913 USGS Cuhutta quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Tennga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Tennga between 1992 and 2018, burning about 573 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 27 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 | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MURRAY-004 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Tennga: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Property | Manganese, Iron | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Powell Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Doogan Mt. Distr. | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| F.M.Powell Property | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Miller Property | Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Silver Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| White Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tennga in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Tennga | $3,000 | The United States Forest Service reported flash flooding near the merging point of the Jacks River and the Conasauga River and several smaller creeks, streams, and tributaries. Several campers and hikers were evacuated from the Alaculsy Valley Campground within the Cohutta Wildlife Management Agency. Minor flooding was also observed along portions of Old Georgia Highway 2 and Cable Road to the west near Cisco. Damage was confined to debris removal and minor erosion to a few secondary dirt roads. The heavy rain and erosion also caused a few trees to fall on minor, secondary roads within the area. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennga | $1,000 | GDOT reported a tree downed along Hwy 411 near Liberty Church Rd. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennga | $1,000 | The Murray County 911 Center reported that three trees were down on U.S. Highway 441 in the far northern part of the county near the Tennessee border. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Tennga | - | A representative with the Georgia Forestry commission observed penny-sized hail near the Tennessee border just northwest of Tennga. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Gregory | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Doogan | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Temple Grove | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Alaculsy | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| North Cohutta (historical) | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Cohutta Springs | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Sumac | 7.8 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Tennga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7700284 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329955. 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.














