Pirkle Woods, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Cumming census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30040. It stands on Sawnee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cumming quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
249 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Pirkle Woods between 1992 and 2018, burning about 286 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 46 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 | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-FORSYTH-001 |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pirkle Woods: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumming Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hansard Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Davis Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lot 70 2nd Dist. | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lyons | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Sawnee Mt. | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Young Deer Creek | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Zamoda Au Prospect | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cumming | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Coal Mountain | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Drew | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| The Polo Fields | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Matt | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| Mars Hill Crossroads | 5.8 miles | 21 | |
| Ducktown | 6.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q122550450 | 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 332693. 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.









