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Wild, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Three Sisters Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30533. It stands on Left Fork Cavenders Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dahlonega quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wild within Lumpkin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

519 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 519 fires within 5 miles of Wild (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 901 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 57 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 burning342
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use28
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural15
Smoking6

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Natural7.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lumpkin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Wild (historical): 35 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver, Copper, Sulfur, Zinc. 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
Chestatee MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Chestatee Pyrite MineSulfur, IronProspect
Columbia MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed Mica ProspectMicaProspect
Colwell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fields QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Arnold Consolidated Gold MinesGoldPast Producer
Ashbury PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Bast MineGoldPast Producer
Beers MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lumpkin 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
Stay (historical)1.2 miles18
Tube (historical)2.4 miles18
Garland3.0 miles18
Dahlonega3.4 miles18
Grace (historical)3.7 miles19
Cane Creek4.6 miles21
Porter Springs5.1 miles24
Willow (historical)5.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357223. 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.