BlockKartah, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Little Sand Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. It lies near Dirttown Valley. The Survey maps it on the Armuchee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Armuchee quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
291 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Kartah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,761 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 58 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 | 174 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CHATTOOGA006 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kartah: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maddox's Mine Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Maddox's Mine Area-B | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Menlo Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gore | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Tidings | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shackelton (historical) | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Storys (historical) | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Farmersville | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Zula (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Hill | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Haywood (historical) | 4.5 miles | 16 |
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 Q122597711 | The 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 332129. 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.