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Rock Falls Estates, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It lies near Elsberry Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Rock Falls Estates within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

533 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 533 fires within 5 miles of Rock Falls Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,130 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 157 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 burning251
Arson/incendiarism157
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural5
Smoking5

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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-014
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarism6.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Rock Falls Estates: 8 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Mica, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc. 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
Coggins and Smith ProspectIron-Pyrite, Sulfur, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Gamel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1860, 1920
Berg ProspectIron-Pyrite, CopperOccurrencePyrite
D. Ragsdale ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Shirley MineIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Dr. Parker's PropertyGoldPast Producer
Mason MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Musket Ridge0.1 miles17
Oak Dale Manor0.4 miles17
Indian Springs0.5 miles17
White Forest0.7 miles17
Cross Creek0.8 miles17
Denton Manor1.0 miles17
Spanish Trails1.0 miles17
Tabor Estates1.1 miles17

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 Q122589900The 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 349939. 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.