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Youngstown, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Wellborn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blairsville quadrangle.

Youngstown within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

380 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Youngstown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 421 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 burning276
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Smoking14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-UNION-001
8 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCOLWELL ROAD
4 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Youngstown: 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Corundum. 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
Track Rock Corundum MineCorundumPast Producer
Wellborn Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Butt MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Coosa Creek Placer MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Killian MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Legal Tender MineGoldProspectVein
Lot 184 MineGoldUnknownVein
Mauney ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Ross MineGoldUnknownVein
Wellborn-Robinson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Youngstown in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023Flash FloodYoungstown$40,000The Emergency Manager reported significant flooding near Meeks Parks from high water on Butternut Creek where the creek flows into Nottely River. Floodwaters caused several sinkholes and washed out culverts. Radar estimates indicate that between 5 and 6 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindYoungstown$15,000Reports of multiple trees and power lines down in Blairsville.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Pleasant Hill1.1 miles23
Blairsville1.1 miles23
Notalee Orchards1.4 miles23
Canal Lake1.5 miles23
Pleasant Grove3.5 miles23
Spile3.8 miles23
Spilo (historical)3.8 miles23
Otto (historical)4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333487. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.