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Stamp Creek, 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 30184. It stands on Pole Bridge Branch. The Survey maps it on the Allatoona Dam quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stamp Creek 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Stamp Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 807 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 55 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 burning72
Arson/incendiarism55
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-019
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CHEROKEE-006
11 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-BARTOW-008
11 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-021
6 August 1998Arson/incendiarism11 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 115 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 115 workings within 5 miles of Stamp Creek (historical): 65 occurrences, 28 past producers, 20 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, 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
Allatoona Dam DepositTitaniumOccurrenceIlmenite
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Bluff MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BeardenManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
GemesManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerWeathering Residual
MastellerManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
AlexanderIron, ManganeseUnknown1954
AllisonIron, ManganesePast Producer1919
AubreyIron, ManganesePast Producer1918

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
Corbin2.2 miles22
Holly Spring3.4 miles22
Rowland Spring3.9 miles22
Double Springs (historical)4.1 miles22
Aubrey4.2 miles19
White4.4 miles20
Sugar Hill (historical)4.4 miles20
East Boxwood Estates4.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334351. 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.