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Piney Woods, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Buchanan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. It stands on Brooks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Draketown quadrangle.

Piney Woods within Haralson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

361 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Piney Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,634 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 145 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 burning160
Arson/incendiarism145
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-007
8 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor18 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARALSON010
8 September 1995Debris and open burning16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARALSON-006
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Haralson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Piney Woods: 14 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Sulfur, Copper. 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
Mcgarrity ProspectGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Smith-Candless ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence
Smith-MccandlessIron-Pyrite, Nickel, CobaltOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Tallapoosa MineIron-Pyrite, Copper, ZincPast ProducerStratabound Concordant Massive Sulfide
Tallapoosa MineCopper, Cobalt, NickelPast Producer
Frazier-King MineIronPast Producer
T.R. King PropertyIronPast ProducerResidual
C D Allgood ProspectSulfurProspect
Dean PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
H P Blackmon ProspectSulfurProspect

Every working recorded in Haralson 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
Draketown3.1 miles16
Latham (historical)4.0 miles16
Buchanan5.8 miles16
Abernathys Mill6.2 miles16
West Bremen6.9 miles16
Morgan7.0 miles15
Felton7.4 miles16
Tabernacle7.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2508009. 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.