Weatherford, Georgia

14 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. It stands on Balus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chestatee quadrangle.

Weatherford 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Weatherford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 249 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 45 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	86
Arson/incendiarism	45
Misuse of fire by a minor	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Recreation and ceremony	9
Smoking	6
Natural	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-HALL-003
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020HALL003
21 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-HALL-002
7 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-HALL-002
26 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 August 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-HALL-004
23 August 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Weatherford: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Muddy Creek Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
	Vickers Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	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
Serene Shores	0.3 miles	14
Barnes	0.4 miles	14
Absalom (historical)	0.4 miles	14
Mundys Point	0.6 miles	14
Moore	0.8 miles	14
Trudy	1.0 miles	14
Whitmire	1.0 miles	14
Twin Rivers	1.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686825. 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.