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Tioga, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30175. It lies near Talona Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Talking Rock quadrangle.

Tioga within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Tioga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 57 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 burning120
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-001
2 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Tioga: 12 past producers, 6 producers, 3 prospects, 1 plant. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Iron, Dolomite. 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
J F Hillhouse ProspectsMicaProspect
Mill No 4 Ga Marble CoDolomiteProducer
Georgia-Tioga Iron Co. MineIronPast ProducerResidual
Georgia-Tioga Iron Company MineIronPast Producer
Lots 142 & 143Marble, DimensionProspect
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Marble Quarry UnnamedMarble, DimensionPast Producer
T.W.Craigo PropertyIronPast Producer
Tioga Iron Co MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilmer 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
Talona1.0 miles20
Town Creek2.0 miles20
Ella Gap2.2 miles17
Yukon2.3 miles17
Webb2.9 miles19
Gartrell (historical)3.0 miles20
Roundtop3.3 miles20
Pleasant Valley3.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333235. 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.