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Holly Heights, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. It stands on Curtis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.

Holly Heights within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Holly Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 52 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 burning100
Arson/incendiarism52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CARROLL-007
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CARROLL-006
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremony5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Holly Heights: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
(Facility) Carrollton Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Reeds MountainGold, Nickel, CobaltPast ProducerSulfide Segregations
Reeds Mountain ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Riverbend0.8 miles16
Greene Valley Estates0.9 miles16
Buck Creek (historical)1.0 miles16
Pine Ridge Estates1.0 miles16
Carrollton2.1 miles16
Leisure Heights2.1 miles16
Lamplighter Square2.1 miles16
Plowshare (historical)2.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349598. 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.