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Westgate, 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.

Westgate 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Westgate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 44 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 burning92
Arson/incendiarism44
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HALL-002
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
10 September 1999Naturalunder 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

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Westgate: 5 past producers, 5 prospects. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Muddy Creek ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StoweGoldProspectVein
Twitty? MineGoldPast 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
Cascade Woods0.3 miles15
Maple Forge0.4 miles14
Mooney0.4 miles15
McEver0.6 miles14
Holland1.0 miles15
Fox Trace1.1 miles14
Cherrywood1.1 miles15
Tumlin Heights1.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687096. 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.