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Williamstown, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the McCaysville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle.

Williamstown within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 23 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

396 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Williamstown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,307 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 96 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 burning207
Arson/incendiarism96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Natural3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceALLEN CIRCLE
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceANGELICO RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Williamstown: 23 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur. 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
Boyd MineIron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1854, 1941
Burra Burra MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1901
Calloway MineZinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1853, 1948
Cherokee MineCopper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1847, 1962
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
East Tennessee MineSulfur, Copper, IronProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Eureka MineIron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Isabella MineCopper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
MaryIron, Zinc, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Paul Campbell Isabella Pit No. 393Silica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Pantertown0.5 miles23
McCaysville1.0 miles23
Kingtown1.3 miles21
Kyle1.6 miles23
Jonestown1.9 miles21
Fry2.1 miles21
Epworth2.6 miles21
Union2.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330519. 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.