Northwind, Georgia

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.

• 1890 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
• 1891 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000
• 1896 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
• 1907 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
• 1909 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:62500
• 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
• 1956 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
• 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
• 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
• 1992 USGS Acworth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Northwind between 1992 and 2019, burning about 269 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Shiloh West
• Etheridge Glen
• Mars Hill Acres
• Whitney Station
• Country Creek
• Countryside Estates

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Northwind: 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Cobb County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686375. 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.