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Latham, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buchanan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. It stands on Little River. The Survey maps it on the Buchanan quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Latham within Haralson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

580 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 580 fires within 5 miles of Latham (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,607 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 364 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/incendiarism364
Debris and open burning155
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARALSON009
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-006
4 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-020
28 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haralson County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Latham (historical): 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Iron-Pyrite, Nickel, Cobalt. 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
Smith-Candless ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence
Smith-MccandlessIron-Pyrite, Nickel, CobaltOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Tallapoosa MineIron-Pyrite, Copper, ZincPast ProducerStratabound Concordant Massive Sulfide
Tallapoosa MineCopper, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer
Dean PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
H P Blackmon ProspectSulfurProspect
No NameGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
W J Speight ProspectSulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Haralson 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
Abernathys Mill2.3 miles16
Felton3.4 miles16
Piney Woods4.0 miles16
Buchanan4.6 miles16
Dugdown5.2 miles14
Tabernacle6.2 miles16
Draketown7.1 miles16
Poplar Springs7.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 350710. 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.