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Center, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30121. It stands on Rowland Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle.

Center within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Center between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,110 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 130 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
Arson/incendiarism130
Debris and open burning90
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural4

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 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-018
19 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-016

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 270 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 270 workings within 5 miles of Center: 134 occurrences, 72 past producers, 55 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese. 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
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Hidden Hills0.8 miles19
East Boxwood Estates1.0 miles22
Rowland Spring1.4 miles22
Double Springs (historical)1.5 miles22
Buena Vista1.9 miles19
Happy Hollow2.0 miles22
Holly Spring2.4 miles22
Roving Hills Estates2.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331365. 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.