McGuire Heights, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30101. It stands on Tanyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.
On record in McGuire Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Stephen D. Cowen Houselisted 2002 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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
- 1907 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
- 1909 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
229 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of McGuire Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 687 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 93 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 | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 29 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHEROKEE-006 |
| 4 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BARTOW-008 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PAULDING004 |
| 20 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 49 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of McGuire Heights: 22 past producers, 17 occurrences, 10 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Barium-Barite, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalker Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Evalee Richards Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Allatoona Vein | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Avery Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Iron Hill Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Hill Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Bartow Furnace Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Cox | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brookwood | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Pinehurst | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Allatoona Quarters | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Summer Trace | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Logan Meadow | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Logan Trace | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Mitchell Hill | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Acworth | 1.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q122540485 | 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 1686370. 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.











