Bartow, 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. It lies near Signal Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1907 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Photographs
3 photographs,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
312 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Bartow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,405 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 153 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/incendiarism | 153 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BARTOW-008 |
| 26 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BARTOW-018 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 217 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 217 workings within 5 miles of Bartow: 107 occurrences, 69 past producers, 27 unknowns, 9 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Manganese, Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allatoona | Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Bartow No 2 Mine | Graphite, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Cherokee Barite | Manganese, Iron | Unknown | 1954 | |
| Gemes Mine Cartersville | Cobalt, Manganese | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Allatoona Vein | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Avery Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Cartersville Operation | Barium-Barite, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Cyprus Thompson Weinman Mine | Barium-Barite, Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia Barium Pocher | Barium-Barite, Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| R.B. Satterfield Property | Barium-Barite, Manganese | Past Producer | 1917 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emerson | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Mountain Ridge Estates | 1.7 miles | 18 | |
| Allatoona | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Allatoona Beach | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Conyers Estates | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Indian Village | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Terrell Heights | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Deerfield Estates | 3.9 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326168. 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.











