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Etheridge Glen, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30101. It stands on John Henry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.

Etheridge Glen within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Etheridge Glen between 1992 and 2019, burning about 248 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 32 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 burning41
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PAULDING004
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-PAULDING-001
29 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Etheridge Glen: 10 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Freeman MineGoldPast Producer
GarrisonGoldProspectPlacer
HamiltonGoldProspectPlacer
Hamilton MineGoldPast Producer
House MineGoldPast Producer
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Kendrick MineGoldPast Producer
Payne MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Whitney Station0.7 miles24
Countryside Estates0.8 miles24
Mars Hill Acres0.9 miles24
Shiloh West0.9 miles24
Mars Hill Downs1.0 miles24
Hunt Club1.0 miles24
Stilesboro Hills1.0 miles24
Northwind1.0 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q122547383The 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 1686341. 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.