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Wildwood, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30157. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Wildwood within Paulding County

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

364 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Wildwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 528 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 104 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 burning188
Arson/incendiarism104
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Smoking3
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 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-PAULDING-014
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Arson/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
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder 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 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Wildwood: 6 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Iron-Pyrite, Copper. 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
Berg ProspectIron-Pyrite, CopperOccurrencePyrite
Coggins and Smith ProspectIron-Pyrite, Sulfur, ZincOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
D. Ragsdale ProspectIron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Berg ProspectSulfurProspect
Don Watson ProspectSulfurProspect
Dr. Parker's PropertyGoldPast Producer
Henry Winn MineSulfurPast Producer
J. B. Kemp ProspectGoldPast Producer
J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property)GoldPast ProducerVein
Jack Moon Heirs ProspectSulfurProspect

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
Gunnell Place0.4 miles17
Twelve Oaks0.9 miles17
Hidden Oaks1.1 miles17
Forest Creek Colony1.2 miles17
Due West Estates1.4 miles17
Hopecastle Forest1.4 miles17
Brooks Farm1.5 miles17
Lost Meadows1.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349972. 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.