BlockStone Church, Georgia
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Catoosa Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It stands on Cherokee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ringgold quadrangle.
On record in Stone Church
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.
Stone Churchlisted 1979 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
561 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 561 fires within 5 miles of Stone Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,593 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 85 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 burning | 307 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-008 |
| 9 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CATOOSA-005 |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Stone Church: 6 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catoosa Mining Co Prospects | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Fox and Dowler Property | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Clark Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hales Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tunnel Hill Distr. | Past Producer | Residual |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shookville | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Greenwood | 0.9 miles | 27 | |
| Catoosa Springs | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Sugartown | 1.4 miles | 27 | |
| Ringgold | 1.8 miles | 27 | |
| Keith | 2.1 miles | 27 | |
| Copeland Crossing | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Poplar Springs | 3.2 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353338. 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.