Blevins Acre, Georgia
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It lies near Dailey Hill. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1935 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS East Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Blevins Acre between 1992 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 49 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 | 204 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-006 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CATOOSA-007 |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Blevins Acre: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Graysville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hales Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cinderella Hills | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Old Mill Trace | 0.6 miles | 28 | |
| Dafron | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Dietz | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Foster Hills | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Indian Springs | 1.3 miles | 28 | |
| Morris Estates | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Summit Hill | 1.7 miles | 28 |
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 Q122598074 | The 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 331189. 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.













