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Toccoa Falls, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Toccoa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30577. It stands on Dead Man Branch. The Survey maps it on the Toccoa quadrangle. It stands 876 feet above sea level.

Toccoa Falls within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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.

Photographs

3 photographs, 2017

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Bench made of stone at Toccoa Falls outside Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the South Carolina line
Bench made of stone at Toccoa Falls outside Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the South Carolina line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Toccoa Falls outside Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the South Carolina line
Toccoa Falls outside Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the South Carolina line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Toccoa Falls outside Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the South Carolina line
Toccoa Falls outside Toccoa, a city in northeast Georgia near the South Carolina line
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

324 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Toccoa Falls between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,291 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 84 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/incendiarism84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use34
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HABERSHAM001
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020STEPHENS001
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestHIGHWAY 365#1,#2,#3
17 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Toccoa Falls: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Scott Brothers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Toccoa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Stephens County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Toccoa Falls in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
September 2009Flash FloodToccoa Falls$4,500,000Severe flash flooding affected Stephens County. Numerous creeks left their banks in the central and western part of the county, including Toccoa Creek which flooded highway 17. Portions of highway 441 and 123 were also closed. At least 300 homes in the county suffered flood damage. Uninsured property losses were estimated to be over 2 million dollars, and damage to roads and water lines was estimated to be around 3 million. A 20 foot section of Dick's Hill Parkway, the major road between Toccoa and Cornelia, was washed away.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindToccoa Falls-County comms reported multiple trees blown down throughout Stephens County.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindToccoa Falls-DOT reported multiple trees blown down in the Toccoa area.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindToccoa Falls-Spotter reported multiple trees blown down along Black Mountain Rd.
May 2015HailToccoa Falls-Spotter reported quarter size hail on Black Mountain Rd.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindToccoa Falls-County comms reported numerous trees blown down throughout Stephens County.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindToccoa Falls-More than a dozen trees were blown down at a golf course off Black Mountain Rd. Some power lines were also blown down and houses had shingles removed in the same area.
September 2009FloodToccoa Falls-The very heavy rainfall that caused flash flooding early in the day ended by early afternoon. However, periods of moderate to heavy rain caused flooding to persist across the Toccoa area through the afternoon. New flooding also developed along the Broad River. Large sections of Yearwood St and highway 123 to the southwest of Toccoa were washed out during this time. The heavy rain also washed out some water lines, causing 5000 customers to lose water service. A sewage spill also occurred.17.63 inches of rain was reported in Toccoa for the period from the 18th-22nd.
June 1997HailToccoa Falls-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Stephens 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
Toccoa1.8 miles17
Fowlertown3.5 miles17
Ayersville3.7 miles18
Boydville3.7 miles17
Carnes Creek4.2 miles17
Hayes Crossing5.5 miles17
Jarrett6.2 miles18
Fighting Pine6.3 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q136151018The 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 333241. 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.