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Cannon Heights, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It lies near Fort Hill. The Survey maps it on the Dalton North quadrangle.

Cannon Heights within Whitfield County

On record in Cannon Heights

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 9 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

335 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Cannon Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,976 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 52 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 burning177
Arson/incendiarism52
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3

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
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MURRAY001
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Cannon Heights: 3 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Clay, Marble, Dimension. 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
Dalton Brick and Tile Co PitsClayPast Producer
Dalton Plant Dixie ChemAluminumPlant
Jet Black Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Dalton City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dalton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H & S Industries IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Whitfield 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
Dalton0.6 miles21
Crown Mill Village1.6 miles18
Union Point1.8 miles21
Five Springs3.8 miles18
Hassler Mill3.9 miles25
Cedar Ridge3.9 miles21
Fillmore (historical)3.9 miles21
Pleasant Grove4.4 miles21

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 Q122572934The 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 353367. 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.