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Westfork, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. It stands on Raper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Hickory Ridge quadrangle.

Westfork within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

322 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Westfork between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,042 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 114 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 burning143
Arson/incendiarism114
Equipment and vehicle use18
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2

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
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Westfork: 11 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Feldspar, Sulfur. 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
Cochran PropertyManganeseProspect1918
Fred Dukes ProspectSulfurProspect
Turner ProspectMica, FeldsparProspect
Poole ProspectMicaProspect
Dunaway MineGoldPast ProducerVein
HobbsGoldProspectVein
HodgesGoldProspectVein
Mathews PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Merrit ProspectGoldProspectVein
Michigan Au Mining CompanyGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Braswell Corners2.1 miles18
Windmill Creek2.1 miles17
Saddle Up Estates2.2 miles17
Burnt Hickory Ridge Estates2.4 miles18
Etta (historical)2.5 miles17
Hasford Estates2.6 miles17
Burnt Hickory Acres2.8 miles17
Remus3.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349967. 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.