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Alpharette, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30005. The Survey maps it on the Duluth quadrangle.

Alpharette within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Alpharette between 1992 and 2016, burning about 109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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 burning28
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
30 September 1993Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1995Arson/incendiarism6.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1995Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Alpharette: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Unnamed Ocher DepositIronOccurrence
Faver MineGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
John Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Little PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
McclureGoldProspectPlacer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Ocee0.7 miles21
Preston Ridge2.4 miles22
Webb2.9 miles22
Country Place3.0 miles22
Johns Creek3.3 miles21
Wedgewood Forest3.3 miles22
Lake Union Hill3.6 miles22
Jamestowne3.6 miles22

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 Q122560972The 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 333874. 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.