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Summit, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Adairsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30103. It lies near Cassville Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Adairsville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Summit within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Summit (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,684 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 245 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/incendiarism245
Debris and open burning147
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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
9 September 1998Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-000
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-010
5 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-BARTOW-028
4 September 2011Debris and open burning12 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-025
4 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia 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 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Summit (historical): 24 prospects, 20 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. 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
Barnsley Garden ProspectManganese, AluminumProspect
W I Henderson ProspectIronPast Producer
Greenfield PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1918
Kerr PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1919
Saylor PropertyManganesePast Producer1917
Sherman PropertyManganesePast Producer1895
Adairsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Highway QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Howard Hydraulic Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Akin MineAluminumPast Producer

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
Halls0.7 miles18
Snow Springs3.0 miles18
Adairsville4.2 miles18
Pleasant Valley4.5 miles19
Kingston4.9 miles18
Chunn Estates5.6 miles19
Woollys (historical)5.7 miles18
Eves (historical)6.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334355. 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.