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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 98 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CARROLL-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keaten-Thomas Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Gossan | |
| Keaton-Thomas Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Villa Rica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| A. C. Watkins Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Gold | Occurrence | Pyrite | |
| Lasseter Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Chambers Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Hart | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hixon | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| J.L.Davis Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Jones Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Chestnut Hill (historical) | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Sand Hill | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Driskolls | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Villa Rica | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hart Town | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Old Villa Rica | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Paradise Estates | 4.7 miles | 17 |
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.









