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Fields Landing, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30114. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the South Canton quadrangle.

Fields Landing within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Fields Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 979 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 92 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 burning101
Arson/incendiarism92
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Recreation and ceremony20
Smoking9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5

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
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHEROKEE-003
6 September 2016Debris and open burning9.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHEROKEE-002
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarism50 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CHEROKEE-025

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Fields Landing: 12 past producers, 9 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Blankenship Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rich Mine (Canton Mine)Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceChalcopyrite
White PropertyBarium-BariteOccurrence
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Hause MinesMicaPast Producer
J D Hillhouse MinesMicaPast Producer
Wacaster MineMicaPast Producer
Casteel MineGoldProspectVein
Cherokee MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Cherokee MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Cherokee2.0 miles22
Little River Landing2.3 miles22
Sutallee2.9 miles22
Univeter3.9 miles22
South Canton3.9 miles22
Victoria Landing3.9 miles22
Laffingal4.0 miles22
Holly Springs4.2 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331707. 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.