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Floyd, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Austell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30126. The Survey maps it on the Mableton quadrangle.

Floyd within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Floyd between 1993 and 2016, burning about 84 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-LINCOLN-001
29 July 1995Natural3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Floyd: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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
Kramper PropertySulfurPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cobb County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Floyd in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
December 2023Thunderstorm WindFloyd$6,000A public report with pictures of 6 trees and powerlines down near Durrell Street and Pacific Drive. Small hail also covered the ground to a depth of up to 1.5 inches.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindFloyd$4,000The local broadcast media reported trees and power lines blown down near the intersection of East-West Connector and S. Hurt Road SW.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFloyd$1,000The public reported four trees and multiple large limbs down along Floyd Road.
July 2020HailFloyd-The public reported hail the size of quarters near the intersection of Shannon Green Circle and Nickajack Road SW.
October 2014HailFloyd-Employee reported quarter-sized hail at the Shell gas station on Austell Road.

Every storm 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
Blue Ridge Manor1.2 miles19
Cherokee Trail1.8 miles19
Mableton2.0 miles19
Sherwood Estates2.4 miles19
Nickajack (historical)2.4 miles19
Milford2.4 miles20
Dunn Hill2.5 miles19
Quails Nest2.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331735. 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.