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Trackrock, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Stephens Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hiawassee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Trackrock within Union 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Trackrock (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 burning153
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestIVY LOG GAP
20 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-UNION-001
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burning13 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Trackrock (historical): 6 prospects, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Corundum. 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
Track Rock Corundum MineCorundumPast Producer
Butt MineGoldPast ProducerVein
E.R. Brown MineGoldProspectVein
Kerby ProspectGoldProspectVein
Killian MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Legal Tender MineGoldProspectVein
Lot 184 MineGoldUnknownVein
Malden ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Murdock Vein MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Placer MineGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Union 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
Townsend Mill0.9 miles24
Caldwell (historical)2.5 miles23
Ebenezer4.0 miles23
Blairsville5.0 miles23
Hood (historical)5.4 miles23
Fain5.8 miles22
Spile5.9 miles23
Spilo (historical)5.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705081. 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.