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Etowah, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wax quadrangle.

Etowah within Floyd 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

455 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of Etowah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,599 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 167 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 burning185
Arson/incendiarism167
Equipment and vehicle use39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural7
Smoking7

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 1998Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FLOYD003
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2020Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021FLOYD001
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
5 September 1997Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Etowah: 6 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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
Ligon MineManganeseOccurrence1951
Pattillo PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Hodge Mining Co.MinesIronPast Producer1897, 1942
Johnson PropertyIronPast Producer
Mcmakin MineIron, AluminumPast Producer
Sullins ProspectIron, AluminumOccurrence
Brannon ProspectAluminumProspect
Carroll ProspectAluminumProspect
Cochran MineAluminumPast Producer
Evans ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Bryants Mill (historical)0.1 miles18
Carlier Springs (historical)1.6 miles18
Chulio2.5 miles18
Chulio Hills2.7 miles18
Freemans (historical)2.7 miles18
Dykes (historical)2.8 miles18
Nottingham Estates3.0 miles18
Twickenham3.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353638. 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.