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Robertsville, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Chickamauga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30707. It lies near Chandler Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle.

Robertsville within Walker County

On record in Robertsville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

280 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Robertsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 894 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 73 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 burning151
Arson/incendiarism73
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-016
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-014
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Robertsville: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Rossville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hall Ore Bank AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
High Point AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.T. Algoods PropertyIronPast Producer
Stoner-Caldwell PropertyIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Chickamauga0.9 miles26
Shadynook1.6 miles28
Wallaceville1.6 miles28
Laurelwood Estates2.1 miles28
Mountain View2.4 miles28
Lytle2.6 miles28
Green Hills3.1 miles28
Cenchat3.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332875. 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.