High Point, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Chickamauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30707. It lies near Ironco Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Kensington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Kensington quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Kensington quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kensington quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
372 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 372 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,449 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 132 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 burning | 199 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 132 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-016 |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-014 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019DADE005 |
| 2 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WALKER002 |
| 17 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DADE-013 |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 114 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of High Point: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hall Ore Bank Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| High Point Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| J.T. Algoods Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Stoner-Caldwell Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| High Point Area | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names High Point in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | High Point | $15,000 | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haysville | 1.2 miles | 28 | |
| Kendrick (historical) | 1.2 miles | 26 | |
| Thompsonville | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Henrys (historical) | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Jamesburg | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Hinkles | 3.4 miles | 26 | |
| Ascalon | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Wallaceville | 3.5 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356283. 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.










