Macedonia, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lathemtown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30115. The Survey maps it on the Ball Ground East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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 Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1926 USGS Tate quadrangle1:62500
- 1928 USGS Tate quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Ball Ground East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Ball Ground East quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Ball Ground East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Macedonia between 1992 and 2019, burning about 442 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 42 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 | 125 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
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 1993 | Smoking | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Macedonia: 12 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Iron-Pyrite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickens Prospect | Copper, Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Massive Sulfide | |
| James M.Quarles Property | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Barium Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Cook Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| F M Williams Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J T Haley Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Burty No. 2 | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Cox Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| F. Burt's | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macedonia in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Hail | Macedonia | - | The county Sheriff reported a little larger than dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White City | 0.9 miles | 20 | |
| Orange | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Harmony | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lathemtown | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Buffington | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Carmichael Crossroads | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Free Home | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Union Hill | 4.2 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Macedonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6723047 | 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 332297. 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.











