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Divide, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. It lies near Brushy Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle.

Divide 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

373 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Divide between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,368 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 165 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/incendiarism165
Debris and open burning117
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor6

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Divide: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
Rush-Banks ProspectSulfurProspect
Silica Quarry No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Southern States Portland Cmnt Co QyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Yorkville MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Mathews PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
No NameGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Schofield MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Divide in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2026: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Thunderstorm WindDivide$8,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across the northern half of the county from near Braswell across Westfork to east of Burnt Hickory Farms.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindDivide$1,000The emergency manager relayed a report of a downed tree at braswell mountain road and brushy mountain road.

Every storm 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
Braswell1.2 miles16
Hanlin3.1 miles16
McPherson3.4 miles16
Yorkville3.8 miles16
Remus3.8 miles16
Pumpkin4.7 miles16
Windmill Creek5.0 miles17
Saddle Up Estates5.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331560. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.