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Antioch, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedartown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30125. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle.

Antioch within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

562 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 562 fires within 5 miles of Antioch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,347 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 370 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/incendiarism370
Debris and open burning141
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Smoking2
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
9 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-010
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-POLK-026
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-006
4 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2004Arson/incendiarism4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Antioch: 10 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grady Mine No. 2IronPast Producer
Grady Mine No.1IronPast Producer1879
Green BankIronPast ProducerResidual
H.E.Lucas PropertyIronPast Producer1915
Hightower Bank & James YoungIronPast ProducerResidual
J K Davis MineIronPast Producer
W.A.Camp & L.Clark Ore Bank-BIronPast ProducerResidual
Fish Creek Distr.-APast ProducerResidual
Fish Creek Distr.-BPast ProducerResidual
Fish Creek Distr.-CPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

10 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Antioch in 10 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindAntioch$10,000Emergency manager reported multiple trees downed along Everett Mountain Road at several locations.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindAntioch$8,000The Polk County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down across the southern end of the county.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAntioch$2,000One tree down, knocking down powerlines southwest of Rockmart southeast of Antioch.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindAntioch$1,000Tree on powerlines southwest of rockmoart along 800 block of hightower falls rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAntioch$1,000Trees down along Antioch Rd near Mullen Rd.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAntioch$1,000Trees down along Hightower Mountain Rd.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAntioch$250The Polk County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down in Antioch.
March 2012HailAntioch-Floyd County Emergency Management relayed a trained spotter report of dime-sized hail on Morgan Valley Road.
March 2011HailAntioch-An amateur radio operator relayed a report of penny-sized hail and wind gusts of 50 mph, possibly greater, across northeast Polk county between Aragon and Taylorsville.
April 2009HailAntioch-The Polk County Fire and Rescue Department reported that penny-sized hail fell for up to 20 minutes in the Antioch area. Radar data suggests that penny-sized hail likely fell from Antioch to northeast of Aragon.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Youngs3.3 miles16
Fish3.3 miles16
Grady (historical)3.5 miles19
Fish Creek4.2 miles19
Brewers (historical)4.7 miles17
Winkles (historical)5.1 miles16
Benedict5.3 miles14
Walthrall (historical)5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354322. 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.