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New Georgia, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hiram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30180. The Survey maps it on the New Georgia quadrangle.

New Georgia within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of New Georgia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 908 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 101 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 burning162
Arson/incendiarism101
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking6
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5

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
8 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-013
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of New Georgia: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc. 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
Jenny Stone ProspectIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceGossan
Villa RicaIron-Pyrite, Copper, Zinc, Cobalt, NickelOccurrenceStratabound Concordant Massive Sulfide
Villa Rica MineSulfurPast Producer
Villa Rica Plant & QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Askew Prospect (Wisdom)Iron-PyriteOccurrenceVein
Chambers MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Pine Mt. MineGoldPast ProducerStratabound Disseminated Sulfide
C H Miller DepositMicaOccurrence
Choran ProspectMicaProspect
Cole MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Georgia in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 1995Thunderstorm WindNew Georgia$200Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees down across the town of New Georgia. The sheriff's office also received a report of a funnel cloud associated with the storm.

Every storm recorded in Paulding 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
Cottonwood Valley0.5 miles16
New Georgia Estates0.7 miles16
Willow Creek0.8 miles16
Ridge Corners1.7 miles17
Arbor Walk1.9 miles17
Baldwin Hills2.1 miles17
Ash2.1 miles17
Ridgeview Heights2.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332484. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.