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Carbondale, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30720. It lies near Barn Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Dalton South quadrangle.

Carbondale within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Carbondale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,367 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 57 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 burning136
Arson/incendiarism57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural8
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-005
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-004
7 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Carbondale: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
County Chert PitSilicaPast Producer
Sugar Valley Land Co MineIronPast Producer
Tilton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitfield County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carbondale in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
April 2021Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$25,000The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down and portions of the roof of a business blown off across parts of southern and eastern Whitfield County around Dalton.
December 2014Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$20,000The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines down in and around Dalton including damage to a fire station. Damage was reported on S. Dug Gap Road, Airport Road at Grimes Street, on Hester Circle, at S. Dixie Highway and Crown Lake Drive, at S. Dixie Highway and Confederate Cemetery, and on Hurricane Road.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$20,000Trees were knocked down. Houses were damaged and roofs torn off. There was an unconfirmed report of a tornado.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$3,000The Dalton Citizen reported that trees were down at several locations within the county, including in Dalton at Houston Valley Road and Trickum Road. Isolated power outages caused by trees down on power lines resulted in a handful of residents losing power.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$2,000The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down near the intersection of Old Dixie Highway and Tilton Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$1,000One tree down across Mary Elizabeth Drive.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindCarbondale$1,000One tree down along South Dixie Highway and Rabbit Way.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCarbondale-A tree fell across the right lane of i-75 southbound near the Carbondale Rd exit.
April 2009HailCarbondale-The public reported quarter-sized hail approximately three miles south of Dalton on Old Dixie Highway.
April 2006HailCarbondale-The public reported penny quarter-sized hail in the Carbondale area and eastward near Interstate-75.

Every storm 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
Pratersville2.4 miles18
Tilton3.2 miles18
Nance Springs3.2 miles19
Phelps3.7 miles18
Five Springs4.8 miles18
Mill Creek6.6 miles25
Crown Mill Village7.1 miles18
Cannon Heights8.7 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.

Wikipedia article on CarbondaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888643The 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 354990. 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.