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Brock, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It lies near Ray Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Brock within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

578 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 578 fires within 5 miles of Brock between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,132 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 170 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 burning267
Arson/incendiarism170
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural5
Smoking5

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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-014
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PAULDING002
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism6.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Brock: 9 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Mica, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc. 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
Coggins and Smith ProspectIron-Pyrite, Sulfur, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Gamel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1860, 1920
Berg ProspectIron-Pyrite, CopperOccurrencePyrite
D. Ragsdale ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Shirley MineIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Imel PitMicaOccurrence
Petty ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

4 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brock in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
January 2020Tornado (EF0)Brock$50,000A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph and a maximum path width of 400 yards touched down north of Hiram along Macland Road just west of Hiram-Acworth Highway. The tornado traveled east-northeast with mostly weak and intermittent damage, the most notable occurring on Cristy Drive where a dozen large trees were snapped or uprooted. One tree fell on the master bedroom of a 2-story home. The tornado continued causing sporadic damage as it moved east-northeast crossing into western Cobb County near the intersection of Poplar Springs Road and Puryear Path. [01/11/20: Tornado #1, County #1/2, EF-0, Paulding/Cobb, 2020:001].
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBrock$15,000Reports of a few smaller trees blown down around Merchants Drive and Ridge Run Drive. Social media reported a home was struck by a falling tree on Ridge Run Drive, but unknown extent of damage.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindBrock$1,000Tree down on powerlines along blackhawk trail.
March 2021FloodBrock-The Emergency Manager reported standing water on the roadway near the intersection of CW Sims Road and Watts Road. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flooding.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Wilbanks Circle0.3 miles17
Denton Manor0.3 miles17
Indian Springs0.8 miles17
Oak Dale Manor0.8 miles17
Canaan Heights1.0 miles17
Spanish Trails1.1 miles17
Sunset Hills1.1 miles17
Rock Falls Estates1.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349788. 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.