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Westside, 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 30501. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Westside 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

242 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 242 fires within 5 miles of Westside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 347 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 46 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural2

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
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
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

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 Westside: 6 prospects, 4 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StoweGoldProspectVein
Twitty? MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Vickers ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westside in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWestside1 hurt, $20,000The broadcast media reported that a tree was blown down onto a trailer on Highland Terrace trapping a man inside. The man was taken to an area hospital with unspecified injuries.
March 2008FloodWestside$10,000The Times of Gainesville reported that heavy rain at the Downtown Mobile Home Park in Gainesville on McConnell Road off Atlanta Highway caused 22 trailers to become flooded. At least seven of the trailers were completely under water, resulting in the displacement of 100 residents. Several vehicles were flooded as well. At least $10,000 in damages was caused by the high water.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWestside$1,000Tree down at intersection of Williams St and Harrison St.
June 2009HailWestside-The public observed nickel-sized hail in the vicinity of Lakeshore Mall.

Every storm 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
Atlas Circle1.0 miles15
Tumlin Heights1.0 miles15
Gainesville Mills1.2 miles15
Holland1.4 miles15
Green Hills1.4 miles15
Tyner1.5 miles15
Cherrywood1.5 miles15
Chicopee1.5 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687099. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.