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Walker Hills, 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 30121. It lies near Johnson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Walker Hills within Bartow County

On record in Walker Hills

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

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Walker Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,292 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 151 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/incendiarism151
Debris and open burning123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking1

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 1998Debris and open burning9.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-019
5 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-027

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 95 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 95 workings within 5 miles of Walker Hills: 50 occurrences, 21 past producers, 20 unknowns, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Cartersville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cartervile Distr.-CBarium-Barite, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
WardManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
Akin MineAluminumPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectAluminumProspect

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
Cassville1.0 miles19
Saddle Ridge Estates1.2 miles19
Country Village1.3 miles19
County Manor1.4 miles19
Chunn Estates1.6 miles19
Jones Heights1.7 miles19
Harvest Estates1.8 miles19
Habersham2.0 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334365. 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.