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Sunset Hills, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It lies near Ray Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Sunset Hills within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

621 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 621 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,249 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 184 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 burning299
Arson/incendiarism184
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural5
Smoking5

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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-014
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PAULDING002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Hills: 9 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Mica, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc. 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
Berg ProspectIron-Pyrite, CopperOccurrencePyrite
Coggins and Smith ProspectIron-Pyrite, Sulfur, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Gamel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Sulfur, ZincPast Producer
Little Bob MineCopper, Iron-Pyrite, Zinc, Nickel, CobaltPast Producer1860, 1920
Shirley MineIron-Pyrite, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Dean MineMicaPast Producer
Dr. Parker's PropertyGoldPast Producer
Imel PitMicaOccurrence
Mason MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Canaan Heights0.5 miles17
Brock1.1 miles17
Wilbanks Circle1.3 miles17
Denton Manor1.4 miles17
Oak Dale Manor1.5 miles17
Winndale1.6 miles17
Forest Echo1.6 miles17
Indian Springs1.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349954. 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.