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Buena Vista, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30121. It lies near Ponders Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Buena Vista within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,170 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 133 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/incendiarism133
Debris and open burning103
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 255 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 255 workings within 5 miles of Buena Vista: 124 occurrences, 70 past producers, 52 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Barium-Barite, 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
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919

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
Roving Hills Estates0.9 miles19
Hidden Hills1.1 miles19
Oakland Heights1.1 miles19
Wildwood1.4 miles19
Greenbriar1.6 miles19
East Boxwood Estates1.6 miles22
Belaire1.7 miles19
North Highland1.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334242. 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.