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Wilscot, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It lies near Persimmon Hill. The Survey maps it on the Wilscot quadrangle.

Wilscot within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 25 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

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Wilscot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 810 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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 burning100
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
23 September 1999Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLICKLOG FIRE
22 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSKEENAH GAP
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSANDY BOTTOM FIRE
26 August 2011Smoking1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-003
22 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wilscot: 2 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
Noontootly CreekGoldPast ProducerVein
Wade Allenis Gold MineGoldPast Producer

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
Due (historical)2.0 miles23
Aska2.1 miles23
Dial2.8 miles25
Swan3.9 miles25
Sugar Hill4.1 miles25
Padena4.2 miles25
Stewart Mill4.3 miles23
Hurst4.3 miles25

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 Q122592008The 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 330449. 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.