Grady, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedartown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30125. The Survey maps it on the Cedartown East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Grady within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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.

1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Cedartown East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

729 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 729 fires within 5 miles of Grady (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,672 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 457 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
Arson/incendiarism	457
Debris and open burning	191
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Recreation and ceremony	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Natural	9
Smoking	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	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 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-POLK-010
8 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-POLK-008
7 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-POLK-026
5 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Grady (historical): 11 past producers. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Grady Mine No. 2	Iron	Past Producer
Grady Mine No.1	Iron	Past Producer	1879
Green Bank	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
H.E.Lucas Property	Iron	Past Producer	1915
Hightower Bank & James Young	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
J K Davis Mine	Iron	Past Producer
W.A. Camp & L. Clark Banks	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
W.A.Camp & L.Clark Ore Bank-B	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Fish Creek Distr.-A		Past Producer	Residual
Fish Creek Distr.-B		Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Fish	1.5 miles	16
Fish Creek	1.9 miles	19
Brewers (historical)	3.1 miles	17
Antioch	3.5 miles	16
Youngs	4.9 miles	16
Benedict	5.2 miles	14
Lake Creek	5.3 miles	19
Cedartown	5.8 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343563. 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.