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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 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 Indian Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
567 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 391 |
| Debris and open burning | 110 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 9.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-POLK-009 |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 161 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccollum | Manganese, Nickel, Cobalt | Unknown | Residual | |
| Penland Hill | Manganese, Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Pope-Brittain Deposit | Manganese, Iron, Cobalt | Prospect | Wad | |
| Price-Rowland Prospect | Manganese, Cobalt, Iron | Past Producer | 1938 | |
| Shiloh Church Prospect | Arsenic, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc, Nickel | Occurrence | 1970 | |
| About 8 Mines and Prospects | Manganese, Cobalt | Occurrence | Hollandite | |
| Mccollum Prospect Cave Spring | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| North of Bluffington Deposits | Cobalt, Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Rock Run District | Iron, Manganese, Cobalt | Past Producer | WEATHERING RESIDUAL | |
| Central Rock Run Area | Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1891 |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Etna | $40,000 | The 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Etna | $10,000 | The Polk County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county, but especially around Cedartown. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Etna | - | 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 2008 | Hail | Etna | - | 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 2006 | Hail | Etna | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fearing (historical) | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Prior | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Greenway (historical) | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Esom Hill | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Akes | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Treat (historical) | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fullwood Springs | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Benedict | 7.7 miles | 14 |
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 Etna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5404665 | The 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.









