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Wikle Store, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It stands on Chastain Branch. The Survey maps it on the Lake Burton quadrangle.

Wikle Store within Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Wikle Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 602 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Natural3.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestANN GAP
14 July 2016Natural17 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSILLY COOK
27 May 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
2 May 2015Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HABERSHAM-019
17 May 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-RABUN-024
8 April 1995Arson/incendiarism10 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLAUREL RIDGE
7 April 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Wikle Store: 10 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
Reaves MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Smith PropertyGold, SilverProspectVein Some Placer Mining Also
Stonesypher MineGold, SilverProspectVein Some Placer Mining Also
HoodGoldProspectPlacer
Kennedy PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
L. Wilson PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ls Prade Placer(Shelton Mine; K & M Berron)GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
M.F. WilsonGoldProspectPlacer
Robert Brooks PlacerGoldProspectPlacer
Soque River PlacerGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Habersham 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
Batesville1.5 miles19
Mauldins (historical)7.3 miles20
Aerial7.5 miles20
College Park9.2 miles19
Harvest9.6 miles19
Shirley Grove10.0 miles19
Turnerville10.4 miles19
Soquee (historical)10.6 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569458The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351456. 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.