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Calumet West, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30152. The Survey maps it on the Lost Mountain quadrangle.

Calumet West within Cobb County

On record in Calumet West

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Calumet West between 1992 and 2019, burning about 142 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 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 burning34
Arson/incendiarism31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-PAULDING-002
8 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Calumet West: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Sulfur. 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
D. Ragsdale ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Don Watson ProspectSulfurProspect
Freeman MineGoldPast Producer
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Mason MineGoldPast ProducerVein
W. H. Hadaway ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Davis Crossroads0.7 miles17
Stilesboro Hills1.6 miles24
West Hampton1.8 miles17
Hunt Club2.0 miles24
Red Rock2.1 miles17
Greyfield North2.1 miles24
Valley Hill Estates2.3 miles24
Etheridge Glen2.4 miles24

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 Q122542558The 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 1685870. 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.