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Woollys, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Kingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30145. It stands on Connesena Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kingston quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Woollys within Bartow 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

462 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 462 fires within 5 miles of Woollys (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,291 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 228 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/incendiarism228
Debris and open burning172
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance4

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 2001Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-BARTOW-005
8 September 2007Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-000
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BARTOW-010
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism5.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-BARTOW-028

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Woollys (historical): 14 past producers, 12 prospects, 5 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Manganese. 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
Barnsley Garden ProspectManganese, AluminumProspect
Adairsville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Howard Hydraulic Cement Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ligon MineManganeseOccurrence1951
Saylor PropertyManganesePast Producer1917
Strickland PropertyManganeseOccurrence1908
Greenfield PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1918
Kerr PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1919
Vincent PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence1908
Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Co.Iron, ManganeseProspect1919

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
Murchisons (historical)1.2 miles18
Eves (historical)1.8 miles19
Kingston2.6 miles18
Ford (historical)3.7 miles18
Ligon (historical)4.7 miles18
Aylmer (historical)4.8 miles18
Halls5.0 miles18
Summit (historical)5.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334372. 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.