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Walthrall, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedartown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30125. It stands on Lime Branch. The Survey maps it on the Benedict quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Walthrall within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

799 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 799 fires within 5 miles of Walthrall (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,867 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 510 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/incendiarism510
Debris and open burning203
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-007
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020POLK003
7 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-POLK-006
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk 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 Walthrall (historical): 10 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Cedartown Mine No. 2IronPast Producer
Cedartown Mine No.1IronPast Producer
E H Alred MineIronPast Producer
Edward Graves ProspectIronOccurrence
Esom Hill AreaIronPast ProducerResidual
G M Leslie MineIronPast Producer
Hightower Bank & James YoungIronPast ProducerResidual
J F Hill ProspectIronOccurrence
Lary MineIronPast Producer
Peek MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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
Caseyville2.4 miles14
Benedict2.4 miles14
Winkles (historical)2.5 miles16
Youngs2.5 miles16
Fullwood Springs2.7 miles14
Akes3.1 miles14
Greenway (historical)5.3 miles14
Treat (historical)5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343607. 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.