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Centerville, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Ball Ground census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30107. The Survey maps it on the Ball Ground East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Centerville within Cherokee County

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

343 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Centerville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 890 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 161 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/incendiarism161
Debris and open burning115
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PICKENS-017
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-004
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2011Natural1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-PICKENS-003
20 September 1998Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Centerville (historical): 12 past producers, 11 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Iron, 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
Cochran MineMica, BerylliumPast Producer
Creighton MineGold, CobaltPast Producer
Franklin-Creighton MineGold, Cobalt, CopperPast Producer1841, 1909
Nelson Marble ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lot 296Marble, DimensionOccurrence
Marble Deposit UnnamedMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Mrs Stearne's PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Andrew Satterfield ProspectIronProspect
Grady Holbert PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
Grady Holbert PropertyIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Mica2.1 miles21
Ophir2.7 miles21
Ball Ground3.6 miles22
Creighton (historical)4.4 miles21
Gober5.9 miles22
Orange6.6 miles21
Macedonia7.0 miles21
Lathemtown7.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1685716. 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.