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Boozeville, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30147. It lies near Booze Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rome South quadrangle.

Boozeville within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

497 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 497 fires within 5 miles of Boozeville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,713 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 177 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 burning203
Arson/incendiarism177
Equipment and vehicle use36
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking11
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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-FLOYD-004
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Boozeville: 24 past producers, 23 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bobo BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Couper PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual
Hillyer PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Johnson PropertyIronPast Producer
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
Washington BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Asbury MineAluminumPast Producer
Bobo BauxiteAluminumProspectWeathering Residual

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Ridgedale0.6 miles18
Ridgewood Estates0.7 miles18
Silver Creek0.8 miles18
Lindale1.1 miles18
Silvermont1.4 miles18
Six Mile1.7 miles18
Forrest Heights2.1 miles18
Gaither Park2.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354813. 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.