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Alcovy Forest, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Dacula-Rocky Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30045. It stands on Hopkins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle.

Alcovy Forest within Gwinnett County

On record in Alcovy Forest

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Alcovy Forest between 1992 and 2017, burning about 402 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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 burning39
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
3 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-GWINNETT-001
19 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-GWINNETT NORTH-001
19 September 1997Debris and open burning4.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1992Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1993Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Alcovy Forest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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
Dixie Blue QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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
Robin Ridge1.6 miles18
Saddleback Estates1.7 miles18
Dacula2.1 miles18
Village Gate2.5 miles18
New Hope2.6 miles18
Saddlewood3.1 miles15
Sandlewood3.4 miles18
Waverly Woods3.4 miles18

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540809The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688011. 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.