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Union Hill, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Holly Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30115. The Survey maps it on the Canton quadrangle.

Union Hill within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 348 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 35 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 burning131
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-003
8 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minor8.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Union Hill: 10 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Iron-Pyrite, Copper. 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
Dickens ProspectCopper, Iron-PyritePast ProducerMassive Sulfide
Smith ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceVein
Cook MineMicaPast Producer
J B Wheeler ProspectMicaProspect
J T Haley MineMicaPast Producer
Burty No. 2GoldProspectVein
Chester (Turner) ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
F. Burt'sGoldProspectVein
Latham (Chester)GoldPast ProducerVein
MorganGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Carmichael Crossroads1.4 miles20
Avery2.2 miles20
Batesville2.2 miles20
Hickory Flat2.8 miles20
White City3.8 miles20
Buffington3.8 miles20
Harmony3.9 miles20
Macedonia4.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326569. 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.