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West Hampton, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Acworth-Kennesaw census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30064. The Survey maps it on the Lost Mountain quadrangle.

West Hampton within Cobb County

On record in West Hampton

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

10 surveys from 17 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of West Hampton between 1992 and 2017, burning about 112 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 burning19
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkFIRE2
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 July 2002Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of West Hampton: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron-Pyrite. 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
D. Ragsdale ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Mason MineGoldPast ProducerVein
W. H. Hadaway ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Cobb 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
Calumet West1.8 miles17
Ridgewood Park2.0 miles20
Davis Crossroads2.2 miles17
Arbor Forest2.7 miles20
Greyfield North2.8 miles24
Kearns (historical)2.8 miles20
Wynford Chase2.8 miles17
Stilesboro Hills3.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686075. 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.