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Allendale, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Lawrenceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30043. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.

Allendale within Gwinnett County

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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 1992 and 2018, burning about 343 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 38 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/incendiarism38
Debris and open burning25
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
5 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minor16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1992Arson/incendiarism4.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burning5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1993Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett 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 Allendale: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Galite #1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Forest River0.7 miles18
Gunter Estates1.2 miles18
Ridgewood1.2 miles15
Country Park1.7 miles20
Woodhaven Downs1.7 miles15
The Circles1.7 miles15
Oakbrook Forest2.0 miles21
Oak Village2.2 miles20

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.

Wikipedia article on AllendaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29033933The 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 331025. 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.