BlockBlue Creek, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30288. It stands on Sugar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Atlanta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Conley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
80 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Blue Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/incendiarism | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CLAYTON-002 |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CLAYTON-001 |
| 23 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021HENRY001 |
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Grove | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Wishing Well Hills | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Blue Creek Forest | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Valley | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Skyline Forest | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Weather Wood | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Tolliver Heights | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Grove Acres | 1.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687415. 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.