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Waterford, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30504. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Waterford within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Waterford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 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 burning90
Arson/incendiarism38
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HALL-003
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL003
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-HALL-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Waterford: 7 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StoweGoldProspectVein

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Green Hills0.6 miles15
Atlas Circle0.8 miles15
Lanier Valley0.8 miles15
Lakeshore Estates0.8 miles15
Mill Ridge1.0 miles14
Cherrywood1.1 miles15
Pine Haven1.3 miles14
Holland1.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687091. 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.