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Cedarwood, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.

Cedarwood within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Cedarwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 45 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 burning77
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CARROLL-006
28 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CARROLL-007
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 2002Natural1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CARROLL-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll 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 Cedarwood: 2 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
(Facility) Carrollton Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Bonner MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Stacy MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Briarwood Estates1.0 miles16
Chapel Heights Estates1.3 miles16
Colonial Estates1.3 miles16
Fairlawn Estates1.4 miles16
Greenwood Estates1.7 miles16
South Gate1.8 miles16
Double Branches2.0 miles15
Carrollton2.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350100. 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.