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Lakeview, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Mountain quadrangle.

Lakeview within Floyd 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

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,198 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 81 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 burning93
Arson/incendiarism81
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking1

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 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
30 September 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-007
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Natural5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-030
2 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FLOYD-013

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd 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 Lakeview: 5 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barnsley MinesAluminumPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
Bickerstaff Clay ProductsClayUnknown
Floyd County MineClayProducer
Lavender Clay PitClayProducer
Lavender PitClayProducer
Martin MineClayProducer
Oconee Clay Products Co PitsClayPast Producer
Oreburg PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Morningside0.8 miles17
Robinson1.0 miles17
Beech Creek Homes1.1 miles17
Rice Springs Estates1.3 miles17
Williamsburg Estates1.3 miles17
Rollingwood1.4 miles17
Berryhill1.5 miles17
Benton1.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332170. 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.