Lamplighter Square, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. It stands on Curtis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carrollton quadrangle.
On record in Lamplighter Square
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
U.S. Post Officelisted 1983 · 0.6 miles away
Carroll County Courthouselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Lawler Hosiery Milllisted 2005 · 0.9 miles away- Carrollton Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2007 · 0.7 miles away
- South Carrollton Residential Historic Districtlisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1973 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Lamplighter Square between 1992 and 2019, burning about 653 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 53 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 | 93 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CARROLL-006 |
| 28 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lamplighter Square: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Carrollton Copper Smelter | Copper | Plant | ||
| Reeds Mountain | Gold, Nickel, Cobalt | Past Producer | Sulfide Segregations | |
| Reeds Mountain Prospect | Cobalt, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Stacy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Riverbend | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Greene Valley Estates | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Leisure Heights | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Ridge Estates | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Knob Hill | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Holly Heights | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Castlegate East | 2.3 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 Q122561627 | 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 349615. 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.








