The Polo Fields, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Cumming census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30040. It stands on Cheatam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cumming quadrangle.

The Polo Fields within Forsyth County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Cumming quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of The Polo Fields between 1992 and 2018, burning about 228 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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	106
Arson/incendiarism	30
Misuse of fire by a minor	18
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Smoking	11
Recreation and ceremony	6
Natural	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
13 September 1998	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Forsyth County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of The Polo Fields: 4 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cumming Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Mary Thomas Property	Magnesite	Past Producer
Unnamed Ocher Deposit	Iron	Occurrence
Bennett Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Faver Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
W.T. Fowler Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Waltz & Bates Mines	Mica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Forsyth 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Drew	1.7 miles	21
Mars Hill Crossroads	2.1 miles	21
Cumming	4.2 miles	21
Ducktown	4.5 miles	21
Big Creek	5.1 miles	21
Pirkle Woods	5.2 miles	21
Dunn	5.9 miles	21
Brookwood	6.5 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673400. 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.