Whitmire, 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.

Whitmire 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Whitmire between 1992 and 2020, burning about 269 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 43 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	91
Arson/incendiarism	43
Misuse of fire by a minor	16
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Recreation and ceremony	10
Smoking	7
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	1

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
5 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
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
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Whitmire: 3 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Banks Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
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
Beach Haven Heights	0.4 miles	14
Trudy	0.6 miles	14
Serene Shores	0.8 miles	14
Flat Creek	0.9 miles	16
Pine Forest	0.9 miles	14
Mundys Point	1.0 miles	14
Weatherford	1.0 miles	14
McClure	1.1 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686831. 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.