Lily Pond, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30701. It stands on Lynn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calhoun South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Adairsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Adairsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Calhoun South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
368 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 368 fires within 5 miles of Lily Pond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,040 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 107 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 | 150 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 107 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GORDON-007 |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GORDON-006 |
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 Lily Pond: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Painter Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| R T Dempsey Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Plainville Brick Co Pits No. 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Universal Ceramics Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lily Pond in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Lily Pond | $2,000 | The Gordon County Emergency Manager reported small drainage creeks out of their banks around 5 miles south of Calhoun and were flooding portions of some roads. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lily Pond | $1,000 | Emergency Manager reported power lines blown down at the 500 block of Harris Beamer Rd SW. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDaniels | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Blackwood | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Reeves | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Oostanaula | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Calhoun | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Plainville | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Farmville | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Echota | 6.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332215. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










