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Freetown, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Rock Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30739. It lies near Long Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Nickajack Gap quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Freetown within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

372 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of Freetown (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 53 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 burning254
Arson/incendiarism53
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking6
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020CATOOSA001
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Freetown (historical): 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warthen ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Rock Spring0.7 miles25
Center Grove2.1 miles25
Noble2.4 miles26
Salem (historical)3.4 miles26
Pond Spring4.5 miles26
Warrens (historical)4.5 miles26
Chickamauga4.8 miles26
Catlett5.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354049. 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.