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Marlanta, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Northeast Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30062. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Park quadrangle.

Marlanta within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Marlanta between 1992 and 2012, burning about 151 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
15 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 June 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1996Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
20 June 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 May 1996Recreation and ceremony4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Marlanta: 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Copper. 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
Daniels ProspectMicaProspect
Ocoee MineCopperPast Producer
Green Placer/Mcclure/NunnalyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Mcclure No.2GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
NunnalyGoldProspectPlacer
Van ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Windrush0.5 miles23
Chimney Lakes0.6 miles23
Heartwood0.9 miles23
Westfield0.9 miles23
Mountain Creek1.0 miles23
Waterfront1.2 miles23
Coventry Green1.2 miles23
Carriage Lakes1.5 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122552050The 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 1704802. 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.