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Plainview, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Stone Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cohutta quadrangle.

Plainview within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

332 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Plainview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 45 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 burning212
Arson/incendiarism45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking6
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 2002Debris and open burning5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-018
8 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-WHITFIELD-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Plainview: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hammontree ProspectIronOccurrence
Lanski Property--Talc Indus IncStone, Crushed/Broken, ManganeseProducer1918
Cooper PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
George Cline PropertyBarium-BaritePast Producer
Sam & Jw Cline PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
W. R. Cline PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
Bare PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1919
Eslinger PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1919
Fox and Dowler PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1889

Every working recorded in Whitfield 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
Prater Mill1.8 miles24
Varnell2.2 miles24
Cedar Valley2.4 miles21
Toonnerville3.1 miles21
Waring3.3 miles21
Pleasant Grove3.3 miles21
Ruralvale4.3 miles19
Fillmore (historical)4.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332704. 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.