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Wynford Chase, 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. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lost Mountain quadrangle.

Wynford Chase within Cobb 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

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Wynford Chase between 1993 and 2017, burning about 80 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning12
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
12 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 July 1995Natural3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 July 2009Naturalunder an acreKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park90109
6 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.6 acresKennesaw Mountain National Battlefield ParkJUDGE'S ROW
14 June 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cobb County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wynford Chase: 2 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
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
Arbor Forest1.4 miles20
Country Lake2.1 miles17
Macland2.2 miles17
Ridgewood Park2.5 miles20
West Hampton2.8 miles17
McEachern Woods3.0 miles17
Lost Mountain3.6 miles17
Milford3.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686082. 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.