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Signal Point, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30152. It lies near Pine Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Acworth quadrangle.

Signal Point within Cobb County

On record in Signal Point

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Signal Point between 1992 and 2017, burning about 155 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 16 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/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CHEROKEE-020
6 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkJUDGE'S ROW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Signal Point: 10 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, 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
Chalker MineMicaPast Producer
Kennesaw QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Freeman MineGoldPast Producer
GarrisonGoldProspectPlacer
HamiltonGoldProspectPlacer
Hamilton MineGoldPast Producer
House MineGoldPast Producer
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Kendrick MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Greyfield North0.4 miles24
Valley Hill Estates0.5 miles24
Country Creek1.0 miles24
Hunt Club1.0 miles24
Northwind1.1 miles24
Shiloh West1.2 miles24
Stilesboro Hills1.3 miles24
Owens Meadows1.3 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686057. 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.