BlockBefore

Center Grove, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Rock Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30739. It stands on Rock Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Nickajack Gap quadrangle.

Center Grove within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

420 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Center Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,263 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 76 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 burning286
Arson/incendiarism76
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural4
Smoking4

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CATOOSA002
9 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CATOOSA001
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Center Grove: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warthen ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Noble1.9 miles26
Freetown (historical)2.1 miles25
Salem (historical)2.7 miles26
Rock Spring2.7 miles25
Catlett3.1 miles24
Warrens (historical)3.6 miles26
Chestnutflat (historical)4.1 miles24
Fairview Heights4.5 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353981. 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.