Glenforest, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Northeast Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30075. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Park quadrangle.

Glenforest within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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.

1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Mountain Park quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Mountain Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Glenforest between 1992 and 2012, burning about 210 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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	37
Arson/incendiarism	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Recreation and ceremony	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	6
Natural	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
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
9 September 1998	Recreation and ceremony	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	VICKERY
19 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
10 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-CHEROKEE-002
5 July 1996	Recreation and ceremony	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
12 July 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb 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 Glenforest: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Daniels Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Ocoee Mine	Copper	Past Producer
Bailey Property	Gold	Past Producer	1840
Green Placer/Mcclure/Nunnaly	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Mcclure No.2	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Nunnaly	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Van Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Coventry Downs	0.2 miles	23
Hedgerow	0.3 miles	23
Garrards Crossing	1.1 miles	23
Coventry Green	1.1 miles	23
Chimney Lakes	1.3 miles	23
Carriage Lakes	1.5 miles	23
Westfield	1.5 miles	23
Plantation North	1.7 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704776. 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.