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New Rome, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It stands on Prentis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rome South quadrangle.

New Rome within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

456 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of New Rome between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,845 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 161 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 burning181
Arson/incendiarism161
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Equipment and vehicle use29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony18
Smoking11
Natural7

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
5 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FLOYD-018
4 September 2007Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FLOYD-016
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning8.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of New Rome: 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Rome City Shale QuarryClayPast Producer
Washington BankIronPast ProducerResidual
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Couper PropertyManganesePast ProducerResidual
Floyd County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lot 44ManganesePast Producer1901
Cochran MineAluminumPast Producer
Evans ProspectAluminumProspect
Fomby MineAluminumPast Producer
Freeman ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Rosemont Park0.4 miles18
Atlanta Junction0.5 miles18
Saddle Mountain0.7 miles18
Gaither Park1.0 miles18
Forrest Heights1.2 miles18
John Graham Homes1.3 miles18
Twickenham1.5 miles18
Woodpin Estates1.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353795. 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.