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Union, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It lies near Hothouse Valley. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.

Union within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

417 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,050 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 73 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 burning242
Arson/incendiarism73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Other causes1
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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceALLEN CIRCLE
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Union: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid. 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
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
Mineral Bluff AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Central ServicesCopperProducer
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Meek ProspectCopperProspect
Samples Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
The Dickey PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Park PropertyMarble, DimensionPast Producer
The Youngstone Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

4 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Union in 4 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
August 2018Thunderstorm WindUnion$3,000The Fannin County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down in the 700 block of Salem Road.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindUnion$3,000The Fannin County 911 center reported that some power lines were down.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindUnion$2,000Two trees down along Salem Road near Humphrey Mill Road.
August 2023Flash FloodUnion-The Emergency Manager reported water over Humphrey Mill Road near Hothouse Creek. Radar estimates indicate that between 4 and 4.5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
Hothouse1.5 miles23
Kyle2.2 miles23
Curtis2.2 miles23
Windy Ridge2.4 miles23
Pleasant Hill2.4 miles23
Galloway2.4 miles23
Williamstown2.7 miles23
Pantertown2.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333303. 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.