Chubbtown, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cave Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30147. It stands on Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedartown West quadrangle.
On record in Chubbtown
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Chubb Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1990 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cedartown West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
423 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 423 fires within 5 miles of Chubbtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,679 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 191 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/incendiarism | 191 |
| Debris and open burning | 181 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FLOYD-009 |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-POLK-006 |
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-FLOYD-001 |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 33 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Chubbtown: 38 past producers, 29 prospects, 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Nickel, Cobalt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Callahan Property Cave Spring | Manganese, Cobalt | Past Producer | ||
| Berkstresser Prop Cave Spring | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Berkstresser, H.L. Prospect | Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | Replacement | |
| Callahan | Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt | Unknown | Residual | |
| Gibson Mine | Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel | Producer | Residual | |
| Gibson Mine | Cobalt, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Harper Tract | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Penland Hill | Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt | Producer | Residual | |
| Spence Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Bobo Bank | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Spring | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Vans Valley | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Landers (historical) | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Yancey (historical) | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Relay | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cunningham | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Foster Mills | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Reeseburg | 6.2 miles | 18 |
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 Chubbtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18347584 | The 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 355164. 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.









