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Furnace, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Villanow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Furnace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Villanow quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Furnace within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Furnace (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,360 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 91 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 burning121
Arson/incendiarism91
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestJOHNS MTN
4 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-008
4 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
26 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
25 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Furnace (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
County Chert PitSilicaPast Producer
Sugar Valley Land Co MineIronPast Producer

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
Villanow2.1 miles25
East Armuchee2.6 miles24
Reo4.7 miles25
Suttles Mill5.2 miles24
Greenbush (historical)5.4 miles24
Naomi6.9 miles24
Chestnutflat (historical)7.8 miles24
Corinth8.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354055. 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.