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Norton, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chatsworth quadrangle.

Norton within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

275 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Norton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 536 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 45 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 burning148
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5

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
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-WHITFIELD-001
3 September 1998Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-MURRAY-001
24 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-008
19 September 2000Debris and open burning8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-WHITFIELD-009
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MURRAY-006
18 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Norton: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, 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
Cooper PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
George Cline PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
J.W.Coffey PropertyIronOccurrence
Mrs.W.R.Davis PropertyIronOccurrence
Sam & Jw Cline PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
Southern Talc Slate PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W R Rymer PropertyIronProspect
W. R. Cline PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
Ruralvale AreaPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Whitfield 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
Ruralvale2.0 miles19
Toonnerville2.2 miles21
Dawnville2.9 miles21
Cedar Valley3.2 miles21
Fillmore (historical)4.5 miles21
Beaverdale4.6 miles19
Prater Mill4.6 miles24
Pleasant Grove5.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329060. 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.