Parrett Crossing, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30710. It lies near Signal Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cohutta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 printed sheetsMatched 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Tiger Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Parrett Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 646 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 121 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | GREAT WALL OF CHINA |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHITFIELD002 |
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHITFIELD001 |
| 15 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Parrett Crossing: 6 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanski Property--Talc Indus Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese | Producer | 1918 | |
| Lord Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Bare Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| Cohutta No 2, Varnell-Cohutta Distr. | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Cohutta Number Two | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Lanski Property-Varnell-Cohutta District | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| D.A.M. Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| D.A.M. Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Hannah Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Sloan Prospect | Manganese | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parrett Crossing in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrett Crossing | $10,000 | The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down across the norther part of the county, around the Cohutta area. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrett Crossing | $9,000 | The Whitfield County Emergency Manager and the 911 center reported several trees and power lines blown down across the county from Apison Road and Birdie Lane, south to Dalton along South Dixie Highway. |
| January 2009 | Flood | Parrett Crossing | $5,000 | The Daily Citizen of Dalton reported that heavy rain caused flooding on many roads throughout the county. Some specific roads impacted by high water included Cohutta-Varnell Road, Old Mill Road, Old Cleveland Highway, along with several others. Damage was confined to debris removal. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrett Crossing | $1,000 | Tree down at Apison road and Parrott Road . |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parrett Crossing | - | Strong wind gust at the cohutta raws station. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Clay | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Cohutta | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Edgar (historical) | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Mills (historical) | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Varnell | 5.2 miles | 24 | |
| Prater Mill | 5.9 miles | 24 | |
| Plainview | 6.8 miles | 24 | |
| Beaverdale | 7.2 miles | 19 |
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 Q122560360 | The 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 332615. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.













