BlockBuckhead, 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 30305. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Atlanta quadrangle.
On record in Buckhead
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 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Tullie Smith Houselisted 1970 · 0.4 miles away
Swan Houselisted 1977 · 0.5 miles away
Garden Hills Historic Districtlisted 1987 · 0.5 miles away
Peachtree Highlands-Peachtree Park Historic Districtlisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Henry B. Tompkins Houselisted 1976 · 1.0 miles away- Paces Ferry Towerlisted 2023 · 0.2 miles away
- Alberta Drive-Mathieson Drive-West Shadowlawn Avenue Historic Districtlisted 2015 · 0.4 miles away
- Canton Apartmentslisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
- Peachtree Highlands Historic Districtlisted 1986 · 0.7 miles away
- Albert E. Thornton Houselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
- Winship, George, Jr., and Emily, Houselisted 2005 · 0.8 miles away
- Stuart Witham Houselisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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 Bolton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
2 photographs, 2017Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
5 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Buckhead between 1993 and 2016, burning about 8 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 29 December 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | INDIAN TRAIL |
| 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:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Buckhead: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alanta Brick & Tile Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Dredge No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwardsville (historical) | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Peachtree Park (historical) | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Powell (historical) | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Brookwood Hills | 2.3 miles | 24 | |
| Mayfair | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Piedmont Heights | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Brookwood | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Northside Park | 2.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331273. 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.