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Tullamore, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30004. The Survey maps it on the Birmingham quadrangle.

Tullamore within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Tullamore between 1992 and 2017, burning about 237 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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 burning75
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FORSYTH-002
13 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-CHEROKEE-003
4 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1993Misuse of fire by a minor8.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Tullamore: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Cook MineMicaPast Producer
Chester (Turner) ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
MorganGoldProspectPlacer
Rudicil MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Rudicil MineGoldPast Producer
T. N. Westbrook MineGoldPast Producer
T.N.Westbrook'sGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Birmingham1.0 miles19
Knox Landing1.4 miles19
Wood Valley2.0 miles19
North Valley2.5 miles19
Christophers Run2.6 miles19
Henderson Heights2.7 miles19
Laurel Grove2.8 miles19
Birmingham Road Estates2.8 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 Q122573398The 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 1695016. 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.