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Homestead Acres, Georgia

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

Homestead Acres within Bartow 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Homestead Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 922 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 115 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/incendiarism115
Debris and open burning71
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
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
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
22 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PAULDING004
20 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia 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 Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Homestead Acres: 34 past producers, 26 occurrences, 12 prospects, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese. 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
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Evalee Richards ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Allatoona VeinGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Avery MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Iron Hill MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Iron Hill MineBarium-BaritePast Producer
Pumpkinvine Creek DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pumpkinvine Creek Dredge No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Sequoyah Estates0.4 miles24
Iron Hill0.7 miles24
Indian Village1.2 miles24
Allatoona2.4 miles24
Allatoona Beach2.4 miles24
Mountain Ridge Estates4.2 miles18
Bartow4.5 miles24
Emerson5.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334290. 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.