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Abilene, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30116. It stands on Hendricks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Temple quadrangle.

Abilene within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Abilene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 55 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/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremony5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2003Natural2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism46 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Abilene: 4 occurrences, 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
(Facility) Carrollton Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Reeds MountainGold, Nickel, CobaltPast ProducerSulfide Segregations
Reeds Mountain ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown
W.M. Raburn PropertyManganeseOccurrence1919
J Humphrey ProspectSulfurOccurrence
W M Raburn ProspectSulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Shady Grove1.4 miles15
Hickory Heights2.5 miles16
Leisure Heights2.5 miles16
Castlegate East2.8 miles16
Pine Ridge Estates2.9 miles16
Greene Valley Estates3.1 miles16
Curtis3.2 miles16
Holly Heights3.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326148. 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.