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Camelot, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Forest Park-Morrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30236. It stands on Jester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle.

Camelot within Clayton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

114 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Camelot between 1992 and 2016, burning about 270 acres in total. None started naturally. 51 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/incendiarism51
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-002
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-001
14 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CLAYTON-004
8 July 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Camelot: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Forest Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clayton 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
Cordova0.2 miles21
Mockingbird Hill0.3 miles21
Wilkshire Estates0.7 miles21
Spring Valley0.7 miles21
Green Valley Estates0.8 miles21
Sherwood Forest0.8 miles21
Chase Woods1.0 miles21
River Valley Estates1.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672390. 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.