BlockCackle Corner, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palmetto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30213. It stands on Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Palmetto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Cackle Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 502 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 14 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 | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-FULTON SOUTH-003 |
| 13 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-DOUGLAS-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cackle Corner: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle P Ranch Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivertown | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Mecca (historical) | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Grove | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Rico | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Chattahoochee Hills | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lester | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Goodes | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Carlton Woods | 4.3 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556677 | 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 1704474. 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.