BlockTugaloo, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Turnerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It stands on Moody Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tugaloo Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Tugaloo Lake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Tugaloo Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Tugaloo between 1992 and 2018, burning about 729 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 19 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | COMMUNITY LANE |
| 23 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | Y CAMP |
| 12 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HABERSHAM-001 |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tugaloo: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Creek Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Pyrrhotite | |
| Cox Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Henckel Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Marble Prospect | Marble, Dimension | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallulah Park (historical) | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Tallulah Falls | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Shirley Grove | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Turnerville | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Hollywood | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Midway | 6.8 miles | 18 | |
| Anandale (historical) | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Dixon Crossroads | 8.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333272. 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.