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Cottonwood Valley, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hiram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30157. The Survey maps it on the New Georgia quadrangle.

Cottonwood Valley within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

335 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 886 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 99 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 burning166
Arson/incendiarism99
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-013
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cottonwood Valley: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Iron-Pyrite, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jenny Stone ProspectIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceGossan
Pine Mt. MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound Disseminated Sulfide
Villa RicaIron-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelOccurrenceStratabound Concordant Massive Sulfide
Villa Rica MineSulfurPast Producer
Villa Rica Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Askew Prospect (Wisdom)Iron-PyriteOccurrenceVein
C H Miller DepositMicaOccurrence
Choran ProspectMicaProspect
Cole MineMicaPast Producer
Imel PitMicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Willow Creek0.3 miles16
New Georgia0.5 miles16
New Georgia Estates0.8 miles16
Arbor Walk1.4 miles17
Baldwin Hills1.5 miles17
Ridge Corners1.6 miles17
Ash1.9 miles17
Hollyberry2.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349808. 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.