Vickers, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Murrayville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It stands on Latham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chestatee quadrangle.

Vickers within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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.

1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Chestatee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Vickers between 1992 and 2018, burning about 253 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 47 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	121
Arson/incendiarism	47
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Recreation and ceremony	8
Smoking	7
Natural	2

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	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	2.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 2007	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall 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 Vickers: 8 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Merck Mine	Mica	Past Producer
Big Joe Mine	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Cool Spring Church	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater Mines	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Ivy Mtn.	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Johnson Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Keath	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Newton	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Odom	Gold	Prospect	Vein
Potosi	Gold	Prospect	Vein

Every working recorded in Hall 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chestatee North	1.0 miles	14
Sardis Shores	1.3 miles	14
Lake Ranch	1.4 miles	14
Lanier Northwest	1.5 miles	14
Fran Mar Heights	1.6 miles	14
Westview	1.8 miles	14
Sardis Heights	2.4 miles	15
Holiday Hills	2.5 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686819. 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.