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Visage, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hiawassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30546. It stands on Scataway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macedonia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Visage within Towns County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Visage (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 747 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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 burning84
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestIVY RIDGE
18 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1999Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSHOAL BRANCH
23 June 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-TOWNS-022
23 June 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCYNTH
4 May 2014Arson/incendiarism160 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWILDCAT CREEK
4 May 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJEWEL MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Towns 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 Visage (historical): 6 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Bell Mtn Silica MineSilicaPast Producer
Berrong Prospect (Johnson Copper Prospect)Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Cynth Creek QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tom Coward Gap ProspectIron-Pyrite, Gold, CopperPast ProducerMassive Sulfide
Tom Coward Gap ProspectSulfurOccurrence
Chastain (Branch) MineGoldProspectPlacer
Eller MineGoldProspectPlacer
Hooper & Berong ProspectGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Newton MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Newton Placer MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Towns 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
Osborn1.8 miles22
Titus2.2 miles22
Macedonia3.2 miles22
Presley3.4 miles22
Beech Cove Vista4.2 miles22
Hiawassee5.0 miles24
Hunt (historical)5.2 miles24
Mountain Scene5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705070. 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.