Funkhouser, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30139. It lies near Johnson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fairmount quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Waleska quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Waleska quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fairmount quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Funkhouser between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,588 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 80 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 burning | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BARTOW-024 |
| 27 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Funkhouser: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funkhouser Co Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Sugar Hill | Iron, Manganese | Unknown | 1954 | |
| Upshire Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| P M Tate Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bennett Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| H.M. Shellhorse Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jj Bennett Property Mine-Lot 296 | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| L.P. Byrd Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| No Name-Lot 283 Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivar | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Pine Log | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Rydal | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Gum Springs | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Sugar Hill (historical) | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Dewey Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 19 | |
| Folsom | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sophia (historical) | 7.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355969. 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.










