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Laffingal, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Canton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. It stands on Nally Branch. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle.

Laffingal within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

207 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Laffingal between 1992 and 2020, burning about 987 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 79 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/incendiarism79
Debris and open burning78
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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 1993Debris and open burning29 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-018
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-006
19 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-016

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Laffingal: 7 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium. 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
AllatoonaTitaniumOccurrence
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Sixes MineGoldProspectVein
StansillGoldProspectVein
Unnamed Gold DepositGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Gold DepositGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Gold DepositGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Gold DepositGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Gold DepositGoldOccurrence
W.M. GoingGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Sutallee2.7 miles22
Victoria Landing3.0 miles22
Fields Landing4.0 miles22
Little River Landing4.0 miles22
Victoria4.3 miles22
Cherokee4.4 miles22
Etowah Mills4.7 miles24
Kellogg Creek North5.2 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332164. 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.