Opeleika, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It lies near Bermuda Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Opeleika within Catoosa County

On record in Opeleika

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Blackford-Gray Houselisted 2007 · 0.1 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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.

1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

392 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Opeleika (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 679 acres in total. 8 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
Debris and open burning	207
Arson/incendiarism	54
Equipment and vehicle use	43
Misuse of fire by a minor	27
Smoking	23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	16
Recreation and ceremony	11
Natural	8
Railroad operations and maintenance	3

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 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CATOOSA-008
8 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-CATOOSA-005
8 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CATOOSA-006
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CATOOSA-007
4 September 1998	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Opeleika (historical): 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Shofner Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite	Occurrence	Barite
Shofner Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite	Occurrence
Clark Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Graysville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Hales Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Catoosa 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
Graysville	0.1 miles	28
Swanson Mill	0.2 miles	28
New Liberty	0.9 miles	28
Summit Hill	1.5 miles	28
Indian Springs	1.7 miles	28
Morris Estates	1.9 miles	28
Boyd Highlands	2.1 miles	28
Foster Hills	2.2 miles	28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353306. 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.