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Roscoe, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Newnan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30263. It stands on Hood Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newnan North quadrangle.

Roscoe within Coweta County

On record in Roscoe

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Roscoe between 1992 and 2019, burning about 562 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 burning95
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020COWETA001
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1993Debris and open burning3.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2007Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1999Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CARROLL-010

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coweta County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Roscoe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jones Mill PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Coweta County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roscoe in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 13 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$15,000The Coweta County 911 center reported trees and a few power lines blown down from around Happy Valley Circle at Bantry Park Drive to Madras Parkway near Highway 29 and Poplar Road near Parks Drive.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$15,000The Coweta County 911 Center reported that from two to three dozen trees were down across the county, with at least a dozen trees down within the city of Newnan itself.
July 2013Flash FloodRoscoe$6,000Flood waters from several creeks in central Coweta County affected a few athletic areas including the soccer fields off of Georgia Highway 34. The White Oak Creek flooded portions of the Summergrove Golf Course and the water reached the garage of a home on the east side of Newnan.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$4,000An off-duty NWS employee reported several trees blown down in the vicinity of Tommy Lee Cook road and Cainbridge Park drive.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$3,000Report of trees down in north Newnan on North Coalson Ct off Roscoe Rd.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$2,000Trees snapped or uprooted near Coalson Court and Rudders Crossing.
June 2013Flash FloodRoscoe$2,000A farm pond in northwest Coweta County overflowed and briefly flooded a portion of Adcock Road.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,500The Coweta County 911 Center reported six trees down across the county, including one across Rex Hyde Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000Em reports tree down on jimm star rd.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000Tree downed at Blackberry Drive and Roscoe Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000Emergency Manager reported a tree down near the intersection of Tommy Lee Cook Rd and Jim Starr Rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000A power line was reported down on Happy Valley Circle near Bantry Park Drive.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000Emergency manager reported powerlines down at Lazenby Rd and Welcome Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindRoscoe$1,000Emergency manager reported a tree down along Brimer Rd.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindRoscoe-The Coweta County 911 Center reported that at least 11 trees were down across the county.
June 1999HailRoscoe-The public reported dime size hail.

Every storm recorded in Coweta 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
Dunaway Gardens1.1 miles10
Yates4.4 miles10
Windsor Estates4.7 miles10
Sargent5.0 miles10
Newnan Pines5.2 miles10
Madras5.7 miles11
Arnco Mills5.8 miles10
Sherwood Forest6.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 321898. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.