Elizabeth, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30062. The Survey maps it on the Marietta quadrangle.
On record in Elizabeth
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.
- Church Street-Cherokee Street Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Elizabeth between 1992 and 2017, burning about 89 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | FIRE2 |
| 19 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 July 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | 90109 |
| 6 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.6 acres | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | JUDGE'S ROW |
| 25 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 May 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elizabeth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elizabeth in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Lightning | Elizabeth | 1 hurt | WSB Television of Atlanta reported that lightning struck and injured a man hiking at the Kennesaw National Battlefield Park. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elizabeth | $8,000 | The Cobb County 911 center reported trees several trees blown down across eastern Cobb County including along New Macland Road, Paper Mill Road and Maxwell Avenue, as well as around the intersection of Cooper Lake Drive and Atlanta Road. |
| September 2015 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | A trained storm spotter reported hail up to the size of pennies just north of Marietta. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Elizabeth | - | A trained spotter reported half dollar size hail. |
| April 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Elizabeth | - | The Georgia Emergency Management Agency relayed reports of funnel clouds from northeast Cobb county near the Interstate 75 and Interstate 575 split. A mesoscale circulation was clearly evident on Doppler radar in this area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westoak | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Oakton | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Fort Hill Homes | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Marietta | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Clay Homes | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Blackwells | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Marietta Place Homes (historical) | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Powell Station | 2.5 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331646. 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.









