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Nowlin Woods, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30144. It stands on Butler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.

Nowlin Woods within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Nowlin Woods between 1992 and 2019, burning about 405 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 54 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
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning50
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-008
29 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2013Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-CHEROKEE-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Nowlin Woods: 16 past producers, 6 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Evalee Richards ProspectZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Kennesaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
CoxGoldPast ProducerVein
EisemanGoldProspectVein
Freeman MineGoldPast Producer
GarrisonGoldProspectPlacer
Georgiana MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Georgiana MineGoldPast Producer
GranvilleGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Big Shanty Hills0.7 miles24
Lakeview Heights1.0 miles24
Blue Springs1.1 miles24
Owens Meadows1.1 miles24
Kennesaw Acres1.3 miles24
Giles Crossing1.3 miles23
Deerfield1.3 miles23
North Bridge Trace1.5 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122571226The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686006. 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.