Macland, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Powder Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30127. The Survey maps it on the Lost Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 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
- 1954 USGS Lost Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lost Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Macland between 1992 and 2019, burning about 178 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 37 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PAULDING-014 |
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-PAULDING-004 |
| 22 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Macland: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Ragsdale Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Don Watson Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property) | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mason Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
4 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Macland in 4 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Lightning | Macland | $100,000 | The Marietta Daily Journal reported that lightning started a fire in an empty house that had just been built and was for sale. The house was unoccupied at the time of the incident. A firefighter was injured in the process of extinguishing the fire. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macland | $5,000 | The Cobb County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from Powder Springs and Jim R. Miller State Park areas to south Sandy Plains. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Macland | - | Report of tree down at Gaydon Rd SW and Brand Rd SW. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Macland | - | A storm spotter reported dime size hail. One tree was also blown down on Macland Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McEachern Woods | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Country Lake | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wynford Chase | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Cross Creek Estates | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Powder Springs | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Lost Mountain | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Quails Nest | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Arbor Forest | 3.6 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326383. 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.









