Plowshare, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30117. It stands on Possum Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bowdon East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Plowshare within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
1973 USGS Bowdon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Plowshare (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 607 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 54 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	94
Arson/incendiarism	54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Recreation and ceremony	13
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Natural	8
Smoking	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
9 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-CARROLL-007
3 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2001	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-CARROLL-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Plowshare (historical): 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
(Facility) Carrollton Copper Smelter	Copper	Plant
Reeds Mountain	Gold, Nickel, Cobalt	Past Producer	Sulfide Segregations
Reeds Mountain Prospect	Cobalt, Nickel	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Carroll 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Buck Creek (historical)	1.7 miles	16
Riverbend	2.3 miles	16
Holly Heights	2.4 miles	16
Double Branches	2.4 miles	15
Greenwood Estates	2.5 miles	16
Briarwood Estates	3.2 miles	16
Greene Valley Estates	3.2 miles	16
Fairlawn Estates	3.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349692. 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.