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Stonewall, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Vinings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30339. It lies near Mount Wilkinson. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Springs quadrangle.

Stonewall within Cobb County

On record in Stonewall

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

11 surveys from 23 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Stonewall between 1994 and 2019, burning about 9 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaAKERS MILL
6 April 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-COBB-001
17 April 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPOWERSFERY
17 April 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPALISADES
16 February 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-COBB-001
29 December 2016Natural3.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaINDIAN TRAIL
25 December 1994Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaHO HO
2 November 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaPOWERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Stonewall: 3 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Sulfur. 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
Atlanta Cement PlantStoneProducer
Kramper PropertySulfurPast Producer
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Plant No. 7ClayPast Producer
Stamps MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Riverwood0.4 miles23
Woodmere0.6 miles23
Postwoods0.7 miles23
Cumberland Hill0.8 miles23
Vinings0.8 miles24
Cumberland Bridge0.8 miles23
Heritage1.1 miles23
Oaks of Cumberland1.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704840. 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.