DeSoto, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. It stands on Etowah River. The Survey maps it on the Rome North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

DeSoto within Floyd County

On record in DeSoto

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 12 of 14 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Floyd County Courthouselisted 1980 · 0.2 miles away
U.S. Post Office and Courthouselisted 1975 · 0.3 miles away
Rome Clock Towerlisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
Between the Rivers Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Myrtle Hill Cemeterylisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Sullivan-Hillyer Houselisted 2002 · 0.6 miles away
Between the Rivers Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1989 · 0.7 miles away
Double-Cola Bottling Companylisted 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Thankful Baptist Churchlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Lower Avenue A Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away
Upper Avenue A Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Jackson Hill Historic Districtlisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away

Every listing in Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

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 Rome North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of DeSoto (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 834 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 118 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 burning	139
Arson/incendiarism	118
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Recreation and ceremony	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Smoking	8
Natural	5
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
6 September 2004	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2004	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-FLOYD-018
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-FLOYD-016
29 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Debris and open burning	8.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of DeSoto (historical): 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Berry School Shale Pit	Clay	Past Producer
County Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Rome City Shale Quarry	Clay	Past Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock Indus	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Evans Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Freeman Prospect	Aluminum	Prospect
Kirkland Mine	Aluminum	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Chiaha (historical)	0.2 miles	18
DeSoto Homes	0.3 miles	18
Rome	0.5 miles	18
North Rome	0.9 miles	18
Summerville Park	1.2 miles	18
Mount Berry	1.3 miles	18
John Graham Homes	1.6 miles	18
Riverside Park	1.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353609. 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.