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York, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30568. It stands on Blacks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dillard quadrangle.

York within Rabun County

On record in York

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of York between 1992 and 2019, burning about 578 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 17 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 burning64
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
17 September 2000Other causes1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMOUNTAIN GROVE
15 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestRHONDA
14 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceWILD TURKEY RUN
11 August 2008Other causesunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLEAD TREE FIRE
22 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMYSTERY
21 July 2008Natural107 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWILSON KNOB
17 July 2009Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSTUMP
3 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestAMERICUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rabun County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of York: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Olivine, Asbestos, Vermiculite. 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
Dillard/Ledford PlacersGold, SilverPast ProducerStream Placer
Norton Chromite ProspectChromium, IronProspect1870
Norton Dunite DepositOlivine, Asbestos, VermiculitePast ProducerOlivine, Vermiculite
Norton Dunite DepositSilica, Asbestos, Magnesite, VermiculitePast Producer
Bowers PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Screamer Mt.GoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Rabun 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
Mountain City1.2 miles24
Dillard2.4 miles24
Dickerson Mill2.8 miles24
Clayton4.0 miles24
Sky Valley4.7 miles24
Germany4.9 miles24
Laurel Falls5.3 miles19
Spring Lake5.3 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on YorkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65053010The 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 333484. 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.