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Grassdale, 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 30184. It stands on Big Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the White West quadrangle.

Grassdale within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

Fires near this place

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Grassdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,417 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 124 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/incendiarism124
Debris and open burning107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking1

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
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Natural8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-020
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-011
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-019
5 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-027
23 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BARTOW-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 142 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 142 workings within 5 miles of Grassdale: 80 occurrences, 30 unknowns, 29 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Cartervile Distr.-CBarium-Barite, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rob Shinall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
BeardenManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
GemesManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerWeathering Residual

Every working recorded in Bartow County

Storms near this place

4 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grassdale in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGrassdale$2,000Two trees down at spring place road and crowe springs rd.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindGrassdale$1,000Em reports tree down along Kirk Rd NW and Spring Place Rd NE.
May 2025HailGrassdale-Public report of golf ball sized hail near the intersection of Hwy 411 and Aubrey Rd. The report was relayed via mPING.
February 2020Flash FloodGrassdale-The Emergency Manager reported Flooding along the Old Tennessee Highway due to high water on Pettit Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 4 inches of rain have occurred, falling on already wet soils, resulting in flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Bartow 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
Five Forks1.3 miles19
McCallie1.5 miles19
Habersham1.7 miles19
Simpson Crossroads1.8 miles19
Aubrey1.9 miles19
Interchange Village2.0 miles19
White2.3 miles20
Saddle Ridge Estates3.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331850. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.