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Boulder Creek, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Roswell-Alpharetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30075. It stands on Willeo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Park quadrangle.

Boulder Creek within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Boulder Creek between 1994 and 2016, burning about 41 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
21 September 1999Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
15 July 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 June 1996Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaVICKERY
5 April 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 April 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaGOODFRIDAY
4 March 1994Recreation and ceremony1.2 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaGOLDBRANCH
24 March 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 March 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Boulder Creek: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Daniels ProspectMicaProspect
Ocoee MineCopperPast Producer
Roswell MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fuller ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Green Placer/Mcclure/NunnalyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Mcclure No.2GoldPast ProducerStream Placer
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
NunnalyGoldProspectPlacer
Van ProspectGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

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
Roswell Oaks0.4 miles23
North Point0.5 miles23
Roswell2.1 miles22
Greenway3.4 miles23
Highland Colony3.9 miles23
Wildwood Springs4.0 miles23
Brookfield West4.6 miles23
Mountain Park4.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694759. 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.