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Belvedere Acres, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Murrayville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It stands on Squirrel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murrayville quadrangle.

Belvedere Acres within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Belvedere Acres between 1992 and 2018, burning about 296 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 27 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 burning129
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4

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
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-004
23 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Belvedere Acres: 12 prospects, 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Big Joe MineGoldProspectVein
Cool Spring ChurchGoldPast ProducerVein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Bark Camp Place0.2 miles15
Sardis Heights0.8 miles15
Brookwood0.9 miles13
Squirrel Creek0.9 miles13
Indian Hills1.0 miles15
Big Oak1.0 miles15
Oak Harbor1.3 miles13
Wahoo Valley1.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686701. 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.