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Terrell Heights, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30120. It stands on Nancy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Terrell Heights within Bartow County

On record in Terrell Heights

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

12 surveys from 19 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

330 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 330 fires within 5 miles of Terrell Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,365 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 144 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/incendiarism144
Debris and open burning99
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural6

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 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 2005Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning21 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BARTOW-007
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-BARTOW-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 233 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 233 workings within 5 miles of Terrell Heights: 112 occurrences, 72 past producers, 35 unknowns, 9 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite, Iron, 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
Bartow No 2 MineGraphite, IronPast Producer
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cherokee BariteManganese, IronUnknown1954
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954
Unnamed Graphite MineGraphitePast 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
Conyers Estates0.4 miles19
Deerfield Estates0.5 miles19
Ladds1.0 miles19
Cartersville1.0 miles19
Junta1.5 miles19
Atco2.0 miles19
Mission Hills2.0 miles19
North Highland2.5 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597295The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334358. 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.