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Wayne, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Flowery Branch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30542. It stands on Flowery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Branch quadrangle.

Wayne within Hall County

On record in Wayne

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Wayne between 1992 and 2019, burning about 417 acres in total. 6 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 burning87
Arson/incendiarism47
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6

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 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL003
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-005
25 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 August 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wayne: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Friendship QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Muddy Creek ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Vickers ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein

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
Forest Park0.4 miles16
Flowery Branch0.8 miles16
Woodbridge0.8 miles16
Spout Spring Crossroads1.3 miles16
Hammer1.4 miles16
Loch Arbor1.6 miles16
Johnson1.9 miles16
Trudy Estates2.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687093. 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.