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Horseshoe Bend, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. It lies near Horseleg Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rome South quadrangle.

Horseshoe Bend within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

380 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bend between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,448 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 150 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/incendiarism150
Debris and open burning144
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural9
Smoking8

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-004
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bend: 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Aluminum, 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
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
UnnamedIronUnknown
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Evans ProspectAluminumProspect
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kirkland MineAluminumPast Producer
Rome City Shale QuarryClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Robealou Acres0.2 miles18
River Place0.2 miles18
Merry Acres0.7 miles18
River Ridge0.7 miles18
Radio Springs0.9 miles18
Rivermont1.5 miles18
Castle Cove1.6 miles18
Horseleg Estates1.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353720. 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.