Happy Hollow, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. It stands on McKaskey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle.

Happy Hollow within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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 Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1907 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
1909 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Allatoona Dam quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Allatoona Dam quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Allatoona Dam quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

318 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Happy Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,459 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 152 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	152
Debris and open burning	97
Recreation and ceremony	19
Misuse of fire by a minor	16
Railroad operations and maintenance	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Natural	5
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 1993	Debris and open burning	29 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 2005	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	3.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 253 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 253 workings within 5 miles of Happy Hollow: 126 occurrences, 70 past producers, 44 unknowns, 8 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese. 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
Bartow No 2 Mine	Graphite, Iron	Past Producer
Felton Mine	Iron, Sulfur	Past Producer
Gemes Mine Cartersville	Cobalt, Manganese	Past Producer	1908
Unnamed Graphite Mine	Graphite	Past Producer
Allatoona	Titanium	Occurrence
Allatoona Dam Deposit	Titanium	Occurrence	Ilmenite
Allatoona Vein	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Avery Mine	Gold, Silver	Prospect	Vein
Cartersville Operation	Barium-Barite, Calcium	Past Producer
Cherokee Barite	Manganese, Iron	Unknown	1954

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Double Springs (historical)	0.9 miles	22
Center	2.0 miles	22
Hidden Hills	2.8 miles	19
Corbin	2.8 miles	22
East Boxwood Estates	3.0 miles	22
Rowland Spring	3.1 miles	22
Belaire	3.7 miles	19
Buena Vista	3.8 miles	19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356161. 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.