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Roland, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sunset Village census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. It stands on Womble Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roland quadrangle.

Roland within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Roland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,387 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 30 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 burning173
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking2

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-UPSON-003
8 September 2002Debris and open burning4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-UPSON-012
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON003
28 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON009
14 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson 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 Roland: 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
D C Eller Bee ProspectMicaProspect
Grace ProspectMicaProspect
J J Reeves ProspectMicaProspect
Martin MineMicaPast Producer
The Old Bell MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Upson 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
Sunset Village2.7 miles12
Glencliff3.4 miles12
Hickman Forks3.7 miles12
Ellerbeetown4.1 miles12
Pickard4.3 miles12
Barker Spring4.4 miles12
Lincoln Park4.6 miles12
Silvertown4.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326497. 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.