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Allatoona, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Emerson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30121. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.

Allatoona within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

321 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Allatoona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,370 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 154 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
Arson/incendiarism154
Debris and open burning87
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony20
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural4
Smoking3

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 1993Debris and open burning29 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 162 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 162 workings within 5 miles of Allatoona: 72 occurrences, 54 past producers, 19 unknowns, 14 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Barium-Barite, Manganese. 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
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Pumpkinvine Creek DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pumpkinvine Creek Dredge No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Graphite MineGraphitePast Producer
Woodward ProspectGraphiteProspect

Every working recorded in Bartow County

Storms near this place

21 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allatoona in 21 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 lightning. 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
June 2007LightningAllatoona$100,000The Bartow County Emergency Management Director reported that two structural fires occurred as a result of lightning strikes.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$40,000The Bartow County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst or strong straight-line winds caused considerable damage to three docks at the Glade Marina along Lake Allatoona in the southeast part of the county. Several trees and power lines were also down in the area. In addition, the Bartow County 911 Center reported that three trees were down on Sugar Valley Road. Several power outages were reported from the area.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$30,000The Bartow County 911 Center and Fox 5 TV of Atlanta reported that several trees and some power lines were down in the far southeast part of Bartow county on Glade Road between Lake Allatoona and the Cobb county line near Acworth. One mobile home and one site-built home were damaged.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$25,000The Bartow County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down in the Allatoona Beach area on Lake Allatoona and damage to boat docks at Glade Marina.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$25,000The Bartow County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst with estimated winds in excess of 65 mph from a small collapsing thunderstorms downed over 100 trees in far southeast Bartow county around Lake Allatoona. At least 12 of the downed trees were large oak trees.
December 2015Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$7,000The public reported multiple trees blown down along Iron Hill Cove in the Red Top Mountain State Park.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$3,000The public reported a couple of trees blown down along Retreat Ridge SE.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$2,000A tree was downed onto power lines in the 7000 block of Mountain Ridge SE.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$2,000The Kennesaw PD reported 2 trees downed and the skirt around a mobile home blown off by thunderstorm winds.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$1,500The Bartow county 911 center reported that five trees were down near Acworth in the extreme southeast part of the county and the public reported that a few trees were also down in Euharlee.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$1,000Tree down near the intersection of mountain ridge se and redtop drive se.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$1,000Em reports tree down on Boones Ridge Dr and Jacobs Rd.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$1,000The 911 Center reported a tree was blown down onto highway 41 with two other trees down on houses near the Cobb County line.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindAllatoona$500The public reported two trees down on the Boones Ridge Parkway.
April 2025HailAllatoona-Quarter sized hail near bates road and st andrews drive.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindAllatoona-A tree was downed across highway 41 going southbound one mile north of Dabbs Bridge Rd.
June 2007HailAllatoona-The public reported quarter-sized hail at a marina on Lake Allatoona.
April 2003HailAllatoona-The public reported nickel-sized hail on Allatoona Landing Road near Lake Allatoona. Hail fell for up to 10 minutes at this location.
May 2000HailAllatoona-The public reported dime to quarter size hail on the north side of Acworth in extreme southeast Bartow county.
February 1999HailAllatoona-The public reported 1 inch hail in Bartow county near Acworth in Cobb county.
May 1999HailAllatoona-The public reported dime to quarter size hail on the Cobb/Bartow county line.

Every storm recorded in Bartow 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
Allatoona Beach0.3 miles24
Indian Village1.4 miles24
Iron Hill2.1 miles24
Bartow2.2 miles24
Homestead Acres2.4 miles24
Sequoyah Estates2.5 miles24
Mountain Ridge Estates2.5 miles18
Emerson2.7 miles19

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 AllatoonaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4731173The 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 331021. 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.