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Rollingwood, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Rome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30165. The Survey maps it on the Rock Mountain quadrangle.

Rollingwood within Floyd 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Rollingwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 848 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 90 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
Arson/incendiarism90
Debris and open burning82
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3

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
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FLOYD-018
30 September 1997Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-007
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-005
27 September 2014Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FLOYD-006
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rollingwood: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Aluminum, 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
Barnsley MinesAluminumPast Producer
Rome Quarry Fla Rock IndusStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnnamedIronUnknown
Berry School Shale PitClayPast Producer
Bickerstaff Clay ProductsClayUnknown
Floyd County MineClayProducer
Lavender Clay PitClayProducer
Martin MineClayProducer
Oconee Clay Products Co PitsClayPast Producer
Oreburg PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Huffaker0.8 miles18
Williamsburg Estates0.8 miles17
Beech Creek Homes0.9 miles17
Berryhill1.0 miles17
Garden Lakes1.2 miles18
Lakeview1.4 miles17
Rice Springs Estates1.4 miles17
Cherokee Acres1.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353855. 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.