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Iron Stab, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Aragon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30178. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle.

Iron Stab within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Iron Stab between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,987 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 118 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/incendiarism118
Debris and open burning69
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1993Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-017
29 September 1993Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Iron Stab: 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deaton Ore BankIronPast ProducerResidual
Fred Dukes ProspectSulfurProspect
Silica Quarry No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Southern States Portland Cmnt Co QyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Taylorsville MineClayPast Producer
HodgesGoldProspectVein
Mathews PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Michigan Au Mining CompanyGoldProspectVein
N.DockeryGoldProspectVein
No NameGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Don (historical)3.7 miles18
Posco (historical)5.1 miles17
Davitte (historical)5.1 miles17
Portland5.1 miles17
Red Ore (historical)5.2 miles17
Rockmart5.7 miles17
Aragon6.0 miles17
Van Wert6.2 miles16

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 Q122565891The 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 332067. 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.