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Pine Valley Farms, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30066. The Survey maps it on the Kennesaw quadrangle.

Pine Valley Farms within Cobb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Pine Valley Farms between 1992 and 2008, burning about 157 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 20 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/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremony2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkFIRE2
16 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CHEROKEE-022

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pine Valley Farms: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Kennesaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
M M Cole MineMicaPast Producer

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
Lansdowne0.6 miles23
Powell Station0.7 miles23
Sandy Plains1.0 miles23
Oak Creek Estates1.1 miles23
Cobb Place Manor1.2 miles23
Russell Plantation1.3 miles23
Blackwells1.4 miles20
Vandiver Heights1.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686019. 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.