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Youngs, 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 30125. It stands on Little Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle.

Youngs 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.

Fires near this place

782 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 782 fires within 5 miles of Youngs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,646 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 491 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/incendiarism491
Debris and open burning207
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use16
Recreation and ceremony15
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-POLK-005
4 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-POLK-024
4 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Youngs: 10 past producers, 2 occurrences. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cedartown Mine No. 2IronPast Producer
Cedartown Mine No.1IronPast Producer
Edward Graves ProspectIronOccurrence
Grady Mine No. 2IronPast Producer
H.E.Lucas PropertyIronPast Producer1915
Hightower Bank & James YoungIronPast ProducerResidual
J F Hill ProspectIronOccurrence
J K Davis MineIronPast Producer
Wood Mine--Cedartown DistrictIronPast ProducerResidual
Wray MineIronPast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Polk County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Youngs in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012HailYoungs$307,000The Polk County 911 Center and the public reported that large hail fell southeast of Cedartown, generally between Cedartown and Felton along U.S. Highway 27. The hail began as quarter size, lasting for several minutes, increasing to golf ball size before it ended.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindYoungs$1,000Powerlines down on Huntington Rd in Cedartown near Antioch Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindYoungs-Emergency manager reported trees and powerlines down along Huntington Rd.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Walthrall (historical)2.5 miles14
Benedict2.5 miles14
Winkles (historical)2.6 miles16
Antioch3.3 miles16
Caseyville4.6 miles14
Grady (historical)4.9 miles19
Fullwood Springs5.2 miles14
Akes5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343612. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.