BlockBear Creek Estates, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairburn-Union City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30213. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Palmetto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 842 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 39 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 burning | 60 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 39 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FULTON SOUTH003 |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019FULTON SOUTH001 |
| 16 September 2019 | Natural | 27 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FULTON SOUTH002 |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-FULTON SOUTH-001 |
| 13 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bear Creek Estates: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wilson Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosegate Manor | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Green Springs | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Carlton Woods | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fairburn | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Palmetto | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lester | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Fireside | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Shannon Chase | 3.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704464. 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.