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Brookwood, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30309. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Atlanta quadrangle.

Brookwood within Fulton County

On record in Brookwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 16 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

3 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Brookwood between 1993 and 2005, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning2
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
26 July 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 March 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 November 2005Debris and open burning1.2 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Brookwood: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. PitClayPast Producer
Atlanta Cement PlantStoneProducer
Bellwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dredge No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stamps MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Brookwood Hills0.4 miles24
Ansley Park0.9 miles24
Piedmont Heights1.1 miles21
Northside Park1.2 miles24
Woodward1.2 miles24
Morningside1.3 miles21
Mayfair1.5 miles21
Hillside Cottages1.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705332. 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.