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Ithaca, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Villa Rica census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30180. It lies near William Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Villa Rica quadrangle.

Ithaca within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Ithaca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 64 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 burning98
Arson/incendiarism64
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking7
Natural6

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
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1993Debris and open burning5.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CARROLL-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Ithaca: 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Copper. 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
Keaten-Thomas ProspectIron-Pyrite, Gold, CopperOccurrenceGossan
Keaton-Thomas ProspectSulfurProspect
Villa Rica QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
A. C. Watkins ProspectIron-Pyrite, GoldOccurrencePyrite
Lasseter ProspectIron-PyritePast ProducerPyrite
Chambers MineGoldPast ProducerVein
HartGoldProspectVein
HixonGoldPast ProducerVein
J.L.Davis PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Jones MineGoldPast ProducerVein

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
Five Points1.0 miles17
Chestnut Hill (historical)2.0 miles17
Sand Hill3.1 miles17
Driskolls3.7 miles17
Villa Rica3.9 miles17
Hart Town4.2 miles17
Old Villa Rica4.6 miles17
Paradise Estates4.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332070. 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.