Waverly Park, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Oglethorpe-Lakeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30741. It stands on Black Branch. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
252 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Waverly Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 519 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 53 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 burning | 116 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-007 |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Tennessee Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park | HAY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Waverly Park: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcfarland Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Alton Park Tract | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | 1952 | |
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Alton Park Tract | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Chatanooga Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| General Shale Georgia Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Bennett Mine No. 1 | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Bennett No.2 Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Hornville Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Mccallie Tunnel Prospect | Aluminum | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinewood Estates | 0.3 miles | 28 | |
| Newnan Springs | 0.5 miles | 28 | |
| Green Acres | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Dallondale | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Cloud Springs | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Lakeview | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Brookvale Estates | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Midway | 0.8 miles | 28 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333377. 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.













