Nola, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Adel-Sparks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31620. The Survey maps it on the Ellenton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Nola within Cook County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

379 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 379 fires within 5 miles of Nola (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,757 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 32 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	261
Equipment and vehicle use	45
Arson/incendiarism	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Natural	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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 1995	Debris and open burning	6.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2003	Debris and open burning	7.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cook County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nola (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Adel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Cook 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
Berrien (historical)	0.8 miles	8
Burney Hill	1.1 miles	8
Flat Ford	3.4 miles	8
Sparks	3.8 miles	8
Barneyville	4.1 miles	8
Laconte	4.2 miles	8
Wagon Wheel	5.1 miles	8
Adel	5.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343902. 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.