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Etna, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedartown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30125. It stands on Etna Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle.

Etna within Polk 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.

Fires near this place

567 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 567 fires within 5 miles of Etna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,762 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 391 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/incendiarism391
Debris and open burning110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
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
9 September 2016Arson/incendiarism9.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-009
7 September 1995Debris and open burning15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 161 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 161 workings within 5 miles of Etna: 74 unknowns, 62 past producers, 16 occurrences, 9 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
MccollumManganese, Nickel, CobaltUnknownResidual
Penland HillManganese, CobaltOccurrence
Pope-Brittain DepositManganese, Iron, CobaltProspectWad
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, Cobalt, IronPast Producer1938
Shiloh Church ProspectArsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, NickelOccurrence1970
About 8 Mines and ProspectsManganese, CobaltOccurrenceHollandite
Mccollum Prospect Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Rock Run DistrictIron, Manganese, CobaltPast ProducerWEATHERING RESIDUAL
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etna in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 4 hail, 1 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
May 2008HailEtna$40,000The Polk County Emergency Management Director relayed a report of golf ball-sized hail from far western Polk county near the Alabama border and the town of Etna near Prior Station Road.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindEtna$10,000The Polk County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county, but especially around Cedartown.
June 2011HailEtna-The public observed half-dollar-sized hail in the far western part of the county near Etna and the Alabama state line, while quarter-sized hail was observed near Cedartown. WSR-88D radar data suggests that hail near quarter, perhaps larger, continued east to east-southeast of Cedartown toward Antioch and Van Wert.
June 2008HailEtna-The Polk County 911 Center relayed reports of penny-sized hail near Etna. Radar data supported that penny-sized or larger hail likely fell from Etna to the Floyd county border, just south of Cave Spring.
April 2006HailEtna-The Polk County Emergency Management Director reported nickel-sized hail in northwest Polk county, north of Etna, along Georgia Highway 100 and in Esom Hill in the southwest part of the county. The public reported penny-sized hail in Esom Hill.

Every storm recorded in Polk 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
Fearing (historical)0.6 miles18
Prior1.0 miles18
Greenway (historical)3.8 miles14
Esom Hill4.1 miles17
Akes5.0 miles14
Treat (historical)7.5 miles14
Fullwood Springs7.5 miles14
Benedict7.7 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on EtnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5404665The 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 331672. 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.