BlockBefore

Brookvale Estates, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fort Oglethorpe-Lakeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30741. It stands on Black Branch. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

Brookvale Estates within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

277 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Brookvale Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 485 acres in total. 12 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 burning132
Arson/incendiarism49
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Smoking13
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Railroad operations and maintenance7

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
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreChickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkHAY
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Brookvale Estates: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Clay. 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
General Shale Georgia PitClayProducer
Mcfarland MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Bennett Mine No. 1AluminumPast Producer
Bennett No.2 ProspectAluminumProspect
Hornville MineAluminumPast Producer
Mccallie Tunnel ProspectAluminumProspect

Every working recorded in Catoosa 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
Newnan Springs0.7 miles28
Waverly Park0.8 miles28
McDonald Acres0.8 miles28
Dallondale0.9 miles28
Pinewood Estates1.0 miles28
Green Acres1.1 miles28
Westside1.1 miles28
Cloud Springs1.3 miles28

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 Q122591929The 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 331249. 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.