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Parkerosa, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Emerson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle.

Parkerosa within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Parkerosa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,284 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 88 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/incendiarism88
Debris and open burning64
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2

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
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning21 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BARTOW-007
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Parkerosa: 14 past producers, 14 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Barium-Barite, Gold, Manganese. 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
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Puckett PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1919
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cochran PropertyManganeseProspect1918
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Stephens PropertyManganesePast Producer1917
Dunaway MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Merrit ProspectGoldProspectVein
RussellGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Indian Valley1.2 miles18
Valley Oak Acres1.8 miles18
Browns (historical)2.5 miles19
Shellman (historical)2.8 miles18
Ladds3.5 miles19
Deerfield Estates3.6 miles19
Stilesboro3.7 miles18
Conyers Estates3.9 miles19

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 Q122556258The 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 334325. 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.