Titus, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hiawassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30546. It stands on Hall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macedonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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 Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Osborn quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Macedonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macedonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Titus between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25,954 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 21 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 | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 15 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CEDAR CLIFF |
| 22 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | SHOAL BRANCH |
| 4 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | JEWEL MTN |
| 27 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | BIRTHDAY FIRE |
| 13 May 2003 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | National Forests in North Carolina | BIRTHDAY |
| 7 April 2004 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | PINE RIDGE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Titus: 7 past producers, 6 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Gold, Copper, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bradley | Manganese | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Mark Rogers Property | Vermiculite | Prospect | ||
| Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tom Coward Gap Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Massive Sulfide | |
| Tom Coward Gap Prospect | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Barclay Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Chastain (Branch) Mine | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Eller Mine | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| Hooper & Berong Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Newton Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Placer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Titus in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2015: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Titus | $8,000 | A trained storm spotter reported multiple trees down near Tate City. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Titus | - | The Towns County 911 Center reported half-dollar-sized hail in the Scataway and Hightower Road area of northeast Towns county, near Titus. The hail was reported to have covered the ground. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Titus | - | The Towns County 911 Center reported that yet another hail storm was observed in the Scataway Road area west of Titus. Once again half-dollar-sized hail covered the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visage (historical) | 2.2 miles | 22 | |
| Osborn | 4.0 miles | 22 | |
| Tate City | 4.7 miles | 23 | |
| Macedonia | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Presley | 5.6 miles | 22 | |
| Beech Cove Vista | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Hunt (historical) | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Hiawassee | 6.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333239. 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.











