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Roxana, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It stands on Picketts Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle. It stands 958 feet above sea level.

Roxana 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Roxana between 1992 and 2019, burning about 474 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 103 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism103
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
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
9 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-014
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-PAULDING-012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Roxana: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Sulfur, Zinc, Sulfur. 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
Mrs Sunie Clay ProspectSulfurProspect
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Mason MineGoldPast ProducerVein
W. H. Hadaway ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Paulding County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roxana in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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
July 2019LightningRoxana$10,000The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported a house fire caused by lightning in the 600 block of Old Dallas Acworth Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRoxana$1,000Powerlines down at intersection of Dallas Acworth hwy and Hiram Acworth Hwy.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindRoxana$500The Paulding County 911 Center reported that a power line had blown down along Whitworth Church Road.
September 2023HailRoxana-Quarter sized hail reported at intersection of Cedarcrest Rd and Dallas Acworth Hwy.
September 2023HailRoxana-Quarter inch hail at Mary Wallace Way and Royal Sunset Dr.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRoxana-Tree and power lines were downed on Old Burnt Hickory Rd at Hickory Branch Dr.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindRoxana-Trees and powerlines reported down in the roadway on Hiram Acworth Hwy near the intersection with Old Burnt Hickory Rd.

Every storm 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
Hampton Estates0.1 miles17
Mill Creek Station0.5 miles17
Oak Hill0.5 miles18
Oak Haven0.7 miles17
Cross Roads0.8 miles18
Cross Road Farms1.1 miles18
Park Place1.3 miles17
Green Hills Estates1.5 miles24

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 RoxanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29094368The 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 1730674. 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.