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Hickory Forest, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30102. The Survey maps it on the Kennesaw quadrangle.

Hickory Forest within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Fires near this place

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Forest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 440 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 66 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 burning68
Arson/incendiarism66
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking7
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-006
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
3 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHEROKEE-003
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Forest: 18 past producers, 12 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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
Bell-Star MineIron, ManganeseProspect1918
Evalee Richards ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Kennesaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Delay ProspectMicaProspect
J V Ledford MineMicaPast Producer
Bell-StarGoldPast ProducerVein
CoxGoldPast ProducerVein
CoxGoldProspectVein
EisemanGoldProspectVein

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hamby Place0.3 miles23
Parkwood Commons1.0 miles23
Cambria Hills1.1 miles23
Baker Ridge1.4 miles24
Abington Green1.4 miles23
Arden Lake1.6 miles23
Giles Crossing1.7 miles23
Chestnut Hill1.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1685929. 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.