Lang, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30116. The Survey maps it on the Hulett quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lang within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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.

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 Hulett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Lang (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 665 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 44 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	100
Arson/incendiarism	44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Recreation and ceremony	10
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Smoking	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Natural	7

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
4 September 1999	Debris and open burning	3.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CARROLL-009
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:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lang (historical): 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
	Unnamed	Iron	Unknown
	Villa Rica Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Carroll 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Emily (historical)	2.7 miles	16
Hodge (historical)	3.1 miles	16
Sand Hill	3.1 miles	17
Cross Plains	3.9 miles	16
Curtis	4.2 miles	16
Dingler Crossroads	4.3 miles	16
Five Points	4.3 miles	17
Ithaca	5.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1730656. 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.