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Foxboro, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Hiram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30127. It stands on Lick Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austell quadrangle.

Foxboro within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

289 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Foxboro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 426 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 77 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 burning146
Arson/incendiarism77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6

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
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PAULDING002
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Foxboro: 4 prospects, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Mica, Gold, Copper, Sulfur, Zinc. 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
Little Bob MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Petty ProspectMicaProspect
Don Watson ProspectSulfurProspect
Jack Moon Heirs ProspectSulfurProspect
Mrs Dora Vaughan ProspectSulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Foxboro in 1 storm report in 2017: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2017Thunderstorm WindFoxboro$500The Paulding County 911 center reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Brownsville Road and Bramlett Way.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Greenfield Chase0.4 miles20
Harpers Lake0.4 miles20
Forkwood0.6 miles20
Indian Rose0.8 miles20
Deer Run1.4 miles17
Colonial Hills1.6 miles17
The South Forty1.7 miles17
Pine Valley Estates1.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349837. 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.