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Sophia, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White-Pine Log census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30184. The Survey maps it on the White West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sophia within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

347 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Sophia (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,711 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 160 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/incendiarism160
Debris and open burning105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking2

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 1998Arson/incendiarism8.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-011
6 September 2008Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-019
5 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-027
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Sophia (historical): 13 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, 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
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rob Shinall QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
AubreyIron, ManganesePast Producer1918
BoneyardIron, ManganesePast Producer1900
ConnerIron, ManganeseUnknown1954
CantyManganeseUnknown1954
Holcombe PropertyManganeseProspect1919
Stephenson and Little StephensonManganesePast Producer1915

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
Dewey Crossroads0.8 miles19
Simpson Crossroads1.5 miles19
Five Forks2.8 miles19
Gum Springs2.9 miles19
Grassdale3.3 miles19
Pleasant Valley3.6 miles19
White3.8 miles20
Pine Log3.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334349. 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.