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Hills-A-Rolling, Georgia

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

Hills-A-Rolling within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Hills-A-Rolling between 1992 and 2019, burning about 764 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 105 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/incendiarism105
Debris and open burning80
Misuse of fire by a minor46
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3

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 1993Debris and open burning29 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CHEROKEE-006
4 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Hills-A-Rolling: 21 past producers, 17 occurrences, 14 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Iron, Silver. 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
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Evalee Richards ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Bartow Furnace MineIronPast Producer
Iron Hill MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Iron Hill MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unnamed Iron DepositIronOccurrence
Bell-StarGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Plantation Walk0.2 miles24
Vestavia Estates0.2 miles24
Westwood Station0.3 miles24
Salem Woods0.6 miles24
Emerald Forest0.7 miles24
Twin Pines0.9 miles24
McCollum Acres0.9 miles24
Old Cedar Creek1.0 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122563880The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686404. 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.