McGinnis, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Euharlee-Taylorsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30178. It stands on Floyd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Taylorsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McGinnis within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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.

1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1906 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1908 USGS Stilesboro quadrangle1:62500
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Taylorsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

246 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of McGinnis (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,688 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 119 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/incendiarism	119
Debris and open burning	73
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	12
Recreation and ceremony	2
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	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 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1993	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 2003	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019BARTOW001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of McGinnis (historical): 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Taylorsville Mine	Clay	Past Producer
Deaton Ore Bank	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Mitchell-Hodge Mine	Iron	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Bartow 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Taylorsville	1.9 miles	18
Stilesboro	2.1 miles	18
Euharlee	3.5 miles	18
Crossroads	3.6 miles	17
Shellman (historical)	4.2 miles	18
Malbone (historical)	4.4 miles	18
Browns (historical)	5.1 miles	19
Valley Oak Acres	5.3 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705469. 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.