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Walden Woods, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Walden Woods within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Walden Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 4 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 burning134
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4

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 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-006
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Walden Woods: 8 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Deavours MineGoldProspectPlacer, Some Vein Prospecting
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Glade MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein
NewtonGoldProspectVein
Parks Mine Et Al.GoldPast ProducerVein
PassGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
River Run0.4 miles13
Land (historical)1.2 miles13
Brookton2.2 miles13
Heather Heights2.4 miles13
Beaver Pond2.5 miles13
Lake Haven2.5 miles13
Lawson Highlands2.6 miles13
Hargrove2.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686822. 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.