Vinson, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yorkville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. It stands on Vinson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Rockmart South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Vinson within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Buchanan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1973 USGS Rockmart South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

365 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 365 fires within 5 miles of Vinson (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,478 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 161 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/incendiarism	161
Debris and open burning	139
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Recreation and ceremony	13
Railroad operations and maintenance	13
Natural	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Smoking	1

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
9 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	2.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2016	Natural	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-POLK-016
24 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Vinson (historical): 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Manganese, Lead, Zinc. 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
Dever Prospect	Sulfur	Prospect
Mcgarrity Prospect	Gold, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Rockmart Shale Quarry	Clay	Past Producer
Silica Quarry No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Smith-Mccandless Mine	Copper	Past Producer
Yorkville Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Estes Property	Manganese	Unknown	1919
King Property	Manganese	Occurrence	1919
Simpson Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
T.R. King Property	Iron	Past Producer	Residual

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Yorkville	3.0 miles	16
Beulah	4.6 miles	16
Divide	5.2 miles	16
Braswell	5.8 miles	16
Hanlin	7.1 miles	16
Union	7.4 miles	16
McPherson	7.6 miles	16
Suburban Estates	7.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334605. 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.