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Falcon Shores, 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 Little Allatoona Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.

Falcon Shores 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Falcon Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 98 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/incendiarism98
Debris and open burning74
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking3
Natural2

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
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PAULDING004
20 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia 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 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Falcon Shores: 22 past producers, 17 occurrences, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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
No Name-Lot 903 MineManganeseProspect
Puckett PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1919
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Pumpkinvine Creek DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pumpkinvine Creek Dredge No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Graphite MineGraphitePast Producer
Woodward ProspectGraphiteProspect
Bartow No 1 MineIronPast 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
North Shores0.2 miles24
Allatoona Bay0.3 miles24
Jarratt Crossing0.9 miles24
Hill Forest Estates1.0 miles24
Allatoona Ridge1.2 miles24
Etowah Cove1.6 miles24
Lakewood Heights1.7 miles24
Edgewood Estates1.9 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686343. 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.