Webb, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Ellijay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30540. It lies near Talona Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Webb quadrangle.

Webb within Gilmer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Webb quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Webb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 426 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 52 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	143
Arson/incendiarism	52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Smoking	11
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Natural	4

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
7 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-GILMER-007
17 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 August 2006	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 Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Webb: 9 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gilmer County Quarry No. 2	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Mill No 1 Ga Marble Co	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Cartecay Iron Property	Iron	Past Producer
Ellijay Mining Company Property	Iron	Past Producer
Georgia-Tioga Iron Co. Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Georgia-Tioga Iron Company Mine	Iron	Past Producer
T.W.Craigo Property	Iron	Past Producer
Tioga Iron Co Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Unnamed, Ellijay Area	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Unnamed, Ellijay Area-A	Iron	Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Gilmer 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
Ella Gap	0.7 miles	17
Kiker	1.1 miles	19
Yukon	2.4 miles	17
East Ellijay	2.7 miles	17
Tioga	2.9 miles	20
Ellijay	3.2 miles	17
Talona	3.8 miles	20
Oak Hill	3.8 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330805. 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.