Winkles, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedartown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30113. It lies near Dugdown Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Winkles within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1889 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Tallapoosa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Buchanan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1973 USGS Felton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Anniston quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

786 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 786 fires within 5 miles of Winkles (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,168 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 545 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
Arson/incendiarism	545
Debris and open burning	170
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Natural	13
Misuse of fire by a minor	13
Recreation and ceremony	11
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Smoking	1

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
9 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	8.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-POLK-005
4 September 1998	Arson/incendiarism	3.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Winkles (historical): 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Hightower Bank & James Young	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
	Wray Mine	Iron	Past Producer	Residual

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Walthrall (historical)	2.5 miles	14
Youngs	2.6 miles	16
Caseyville	3.1 miles	14
Fullwood Springs	3.9 miles	14
Benedict	4.4 miles	14
Antioch	5.1 miles	16
Akes	5.6 miles	14
Treat (historical)	6.7 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343611. 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.