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Shady Grove, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30116. It stands on Hominy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Temple quadrangle.

Shady Grove within Carroll County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Shady Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 548 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 48 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 burning105
Arson/incendiarism48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6

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
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremony5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CARROLL-008
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CARROLL-006
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Carroll County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shady Grove: 1 plant, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Nickel, Cobalt, Cobalt, Nickel. 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
(Facility) Carrollton Copper SmelterCopperPlant
Reeds MountainGold, Nickel, CobaltPast ProducerSulfide Segregations
Reeds Mountain ProspectCobalt, NickelOccurrence
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Carroll 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
Abilene1.4 miles15
Hickory Heights2.1 miles16
Curtis2.2 miles16
Castlegate East2.3 miles16
Leisure Heights2.6 miles16
Sand Hill2.8 miles17
Pine Ridge Estates3.5 miles16
Greene Valley Estates3.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333010. 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.