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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.

Bartow 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.

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.

Georgia DOT Bridge No. 015-00003D-01146 & Georgia DOT Bridge No. 015-00003D-01147, Spanning State Route 3 on U.S. Route 41, Northbound & Southbound, Cartersville, Bartow County, GA
Georgia DOT Bridge No. 015-00003D-01146 & Georgia DOT Bridge No. 015-00003D-01147, Spanning State Route 3 on U.S. Route 41, Northbound & Southbound, Cartersville, Bartow County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Dowhait's Bridge, Bartow County Road 343, spanning Etowah River, Cartersville, Bartow County, GA
Dowhait's Bridge, Bartow County Road 343, spanning Etowah River, Cartersville, Bartow County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Woody Allen Road Bridge, Spanning Oothalooga Creek at County Road 316, Adairsville, Bartow County, GA
Woody Allen Road Bridge, Spanning Oothalooga Creek at County Road 316, Adairsville, Bartow County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

312 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism153
Debris and open burning70
Recreation and ceremony23
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural6
Smoking2

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
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
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
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 217 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Georgia Barium PocherBarium-Barite, ManganesePast Producer1917
R.B. Satterfield PropertyBarium-Barite, ManganesePast Producer1917

Every working 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
Emerson0.5 miles19
Mountain Ridge Estates1.7 miles18
Allatoona2.2 miles24
Allatoona Beach2.3 miles24
Conyers Estates3.6 miles19
Indian Village3.6 miles24
Terrell Heights3.9 miles19
Deerfield Estates3.9 miles19

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.