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Waters Store, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Shannon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30161. It lies near Ward Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Shannon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Waters Store within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

467 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 467 fires within 5 miles of Waters Store (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,954 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 160 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 burning225
Arson/incendiarism160
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking7
Natural6
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 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-005
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-006
9 September 1998Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Arson/incendiarism3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism63 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Waters Store (historical): 27 past producers, 23 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Manganese. 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
NannieManganeseOccurrence1919
Sherman PropertyManganesePast Producer1895
Armstrong MineAluminumPast Producer
Braden ProspectAluminumProspect
Burney MineAluminumPast Producer
Church MineAluminumPast Producer
Discovery MineAluminumPast Producer
Flowery Branch MineAluminumPast Producer
Grier ProspectAluminumProspect
Hardee MineAluminumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Floyd 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
Hermitage0.6 miles19
Shannon0.8 miles19
Woodcliffe Estates2.3 miles19
Pinson2.7 miles19
Berwin3.0 miles19
Nannie3.1 miles19
Dogwood Estates3.8 miles19
Green Acre3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353923. 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.