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Turniptown, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rich Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30536. It lies near Walnut Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Ellijay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Turniptown within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Turniptown (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,135 acres in total. 3 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 burning83
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GILMER-007
31 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GILMER-002
21 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Turniptown (historical): 13 past producers, 7 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Marble, Dimension, Manganese. 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
Gilmer County Quarry No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A.J.Pinson PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Davis ProspectsManganesePast Producer1919
Holt PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Lacey PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
Whitaker PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
Cartecay Mine (Lucky Eight)GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
HoltGoldProspectPlacer
Turkey PenGoldProspectPlacer
WhitakerGoldProspectPlacer

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
Northcutt1.5 miles17
White Path2.9 miles23
East Ellijay3.3 miles17
Ellijay3.4 miles17
Pike (historical)3.6 miles17
Oak Hill4.1 miles17
Jones Mill (historical)4.7 miles23
Rolston4.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 352968. 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.