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Mission Hills, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. It lies near Quarry Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Mission Hills within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

313 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,142 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 130 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/incendiarism130
Debris and open burning106
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance6

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Debris and open burning9.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning21 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BARTOW-007
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 129 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 129 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hills: 69 occurrences, 33 past producers, 19 unknowns, 4 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese, Iron, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lot 261Barium-Barite, ManganeseUnknown1954
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mission Estates1.2 miles19
Wayfare Estates1.2 miles19
Atco1.4 miles19
Ladds1.5 miles19
Terrell Heights2.0 miles19
Deerfield Estates2.1 miles19
Junta2.2 miles19
Cartersville2.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334313. 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.