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Green Acre, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Armuchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. It stands on Woodward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rome North quadrangle.

Green Acre within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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 Green Acre between 1992 and 2019, burning about 884 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 69 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 burning146
Arson/incendiarism69
Equipment and vehicle use26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FLOYD-021
29 September 1995Debris and open burning1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Green Acre: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burney MineAluminumPast Producer
J T Waters MineAluminumPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectAluminumProspect
Watters ProspectAluminumProspect
Wright MineAluminumPast Producer
Hermitage ReionPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Sand Springs1.6 miles18
Glenwood2.2 miles18
Central Grove (historical)3.1 miles18
Berwin3.3 miles19
Woodcliffe Estates3.5 miles19
Riverside3.8 miles18
Waters Store (historical)3.9 miles19
Armuchee3.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353702. 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.