Bolivar, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30171. It stands on Sugar Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the White East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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
- 1947 USGS Waleska quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Waleska quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS White East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS White East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Bolivar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,587 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 79 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 burning | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BARTOW-024 |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Bolivar: 15 past producers, 6 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Mine | Iron, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Funkhouser Co Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Upshire Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Collins | Iron, Manganese | Unknown | 1919 | |
| P M Tate Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pauper Farm | Iron, Manganese | Unknown | 1915 | |
| Rob Shinall Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sugar Hill | Iron, Manganese | Unknown | 1954 | |
| Aubrey Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funkhouser | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Pine Log | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Rydal | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sugar Hill (historical) | 4.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dewey Crossroads | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sophia (historical) | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| White | 6.3 miles | 20 |
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 Bolivar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19867939 | The 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 331204. 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.











