Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
“The Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel refers to two different railroad tunnels passing through Chetoogeta Mountain in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, United States.”
Wikipedia article Chetoogeta Mountain Tunnel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 14 National Register listings published here for Whitfield County · listed in 2002 · category: Structure.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 475 fires within 5 miles of Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel at Tunnel Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,248 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 79 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 burning | 262 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Western and Atlantic Railroad Tunnel at Tunnel Hill: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catoosa Mining Co Prospects | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Fox and Dowler Property | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Hammontree Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Tunnel Hill Distr. | Past Producer | Residual |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tunnel Hill, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2011: 6 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2001 | Lightning | Tunnel Hill | 1 hurt | The Dalton Daily Citizen reported that a man was injured when lightning struck a nearby tree. The lightning bolt traveled from the tree through a wooden shed, in which the man was working, then down a shovel hanging on the wall and then on to the man's foot. The shovel was splintered. The man's foot turned completely black during the incident and remained numb for four hours. The man was taken to an emergency room and remained there for four hours before recovering and being released. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel Hill | $100,000 | The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that a home on Alpison Road in Cohutta was destroyed when several large trees fell on the structure. Amateur radio operators relayed reports that school buses encountered several downed trees and power outages. The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director also reported that a few trees were down around Dalton with scattered power outages. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel Hill | $50,000 | The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that at least seven trees were blown down around Tunnel Hill. One of the trees fell on a house on Tunnel-Hill Varnell Road causing significant damage to the structure. Some power lines and power poles were also down in the area. |
| September 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel Hill | $25,000 | The public reported that a tree was down on a home in Tunnel Hill causing damage to the structure. |
| February 1999 | Lightning | Tunnel Hill | $5,000 | Lightning caused minor fire damage to a home in Tunnel Hill when it struck a cable line. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel Hill | $1,000 | The Whitfield County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down on the north side of Dalton and a power line was down in Tunnel Hill. |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel Hill | $1,000 | The Whitfield County 911 center reported that several trees were down. An amateur radio operator reported that another tree was down near Varnell. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tunnel Hill | $1,000 | The public reported several trees down. |
| March 2011 | Hail | Tunnel Hill | - | The public observed penny-sized hail near Dawnville. WSR-88D radar data suggests that similar-sized hail, possibly even larger, likely fell from west to east across the county from Tunnel Hill to Dawnville. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Tunnel Hill | - | The public observed penny-sized hail. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Tunnel Hill | - | A storm spotter reported penny to nickel-sized hail, especially in the Dalton area. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tunnel Hill | - | The public reported that nickel-sized hail fell for up to ten minutes in the Tunnel Hill area along the Whitfield/Catoosa county line. The hail covered the ground during the event. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Tunnel Hill | - | The public reported that penny-sized hail fell for 30 minutes. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Tunnel Hill | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Mill Historic District | 5.2 miles | 1979 | |
 | William C. Martin House | 6.0 miles | 1982 |
| Dalton Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase) | 6.0 miles | 2006 | |
 | Thomas A. Berry House | 6.0 miles | 1984 |
| Thornton Avenue-Murray Hill Historic District | 6.0 miles | 1992 | |
 | Western and Atlantic Depot | 6.0 miles | 1978 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01001431 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Whitfield County | All 14 listed properties in this county. |
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