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Wayfare Estates, 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 30120. It lies near Walker Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Wayfare Estates within Bartow County

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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Wayfare Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,104 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 109 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 burning115
Arson/incendiarism109
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burning21 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-BARTOW-007
3 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1998Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Wayfare Estates: 24 occurrences, 21 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Manganese, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
Jones MineSand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Cartersville OperationBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Cartersville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cyprus Thompson Weinman MineBarium-Barite, CalciumPast Producer
Ingram and Evans PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1917
Ladd Lime and Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lot 171Iron, ManganesePast Producer1919

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
Mission Estates1.0 miles19
Mission Hills1.2 miles19
Atco2.2 miles19
Rodgers2.4 miles19
Burnt Hickory Hills2.5 miles19
Ladds2.7 miles19
Harvest Estates3.1 miles19
Malbone (historical)3.1 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122571089The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334366. 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.