Meadowview, Georgia
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Stanfield Branch. The Survey maps it on the LaFayette quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Estelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Estelle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Estelle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Lafayette quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
383 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Meadowview between 1992 and 2019, burning about 751 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 116 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 | 224 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 116 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALKER-009 |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Meadowview: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilmer Frye Prospect | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Horine Development Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Patton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Glenn Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| McLamore's Cove Area-A | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| McLamore's Cove Area-B | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Warrenfel's Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Warthen Prospect | Iron | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winwood Forest | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Dogwood Circle | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Fairview Heights | 0.9 miles | 25 | |
| Linwood | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Oak Park | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Warrens (historical) | 1.7 miles | 26 | |
| LaFayette | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Skyline Heights | 2.2 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354124. 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.











