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Hickory Glen, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Hiram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30127. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austell quadrangle.

Hickory Glen within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Glen between 1992 and 2018, burning about 454 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 55 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 burning104
Arson/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3

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
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PAULDING002
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-015
1 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-PAULDING-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Glen: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Lithia Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Petty ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Pleasant Hills0.6 miles20
Pilgrim North1.8 miles17
Pinecrest Estates1.9 miles20
Brownsville1.9 miles17
Pine Valley Estates2.1 miles20
Indian Rose2.3 miles20
Forkwood2.6 miles20
Ashley Acres2.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349860. 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.