BlockBrookhaven, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30319. The Survey maps it on the Chamblee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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 Chamblee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Chamblee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Brookhaven between 1993 and 2016, burning about 22 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | PALISADES |
| 9 March 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 March 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 December 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | HO HO |
| 2 October 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FULTON NORTH-001 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwicke | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Berwicke | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Windsor at Peachtree | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Derby Hill | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Starlight Hills | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Highpoint Forest | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Elton Estates | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Windsor Heights | 1.2 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694768. 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.