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Rowland Spring, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30121. It lies near Dobbins Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle.

Rowland Spring within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Rowland Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 925 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 116 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/incendiarism116
Debris and open burning85
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
7 September 2002Natural8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-020
5 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1997Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2005Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use9.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 257 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 257 workings within 5 miles of Rowland Spring: 138 occurrences, 67 past producers, 48 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954
BeardenManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
Cartervile Distr.-CBarium-Barite, ManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
East Boxwood Estates0.5 miles22
Holly Spring1.1 miles22
Center1.4 miles22
Hidden Hills1.4 miles19
Buena Vista2.1 miles19
Double Springs (historical)2.2 miles22
Corbin2.4 miles22
Interchange Village2.5 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on Rowland SpringAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7372190The 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 356506. 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.