Mount Bethel, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Northeast Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30068. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Springs quadrangle.

Mount Bethel within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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.

1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000
1997 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Mount Bethel between 1994 and 2016, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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	3
Debris and open burning	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	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
21 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	VICKERY
29 June 1996	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	VICKERY
7 April 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 April 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 April 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	POWERSFERY
4 March 1994	Recreation and ceremony	1.2 acres	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	GOLDBRANCH
24 March 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 November 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	POWERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb 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 Mount Bethel: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Roswell Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Mcclure No.2	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
No Name	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hampton Lake	0.5 miles	23
Riverhill	0.6 miles	23
Chattahoochee Heights	0.8 miles	23
Hampton Farms	0.8 miles	23
Lake Colony	0.9 miles	23
Princeton Walk	1.0 miles	23
Forest Brook	1.0 miles	23
Princeton Lakes	1.3 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326407. 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.