BlockCapitol Homes, Georgia
23 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 30312. It lies near Dabneys Hill. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle.
On record in Capitol Homes
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 49 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Georgia State CapitolNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971 · 0.2 miles away
Sweet Auburn Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976 · 0.5 miles away
Prince Hall Masonic LodgeNational Historic Landmark · listed 2001 · 0.8 miles away
Martin Luther King Jr. Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1974 · 0.9 miles away
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and Preservation DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Central Presbyterian Churchlisted 1986 · 0.3 miles away
Atlanta City Halllisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Shrine of the Immaculate Conceptionlisted 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Fulton County Courthouselisted 1980 · 0.4 miles away
Hurt Buildinglisted 1977 · 0.5 miles away
Whitehall Street Retail Historic Districtlisted 2020 · 0.5 miles away
Bass Furniture Buildinglisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 East Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Capitol Homes between 1998 and 2005, burning about 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 March 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 November 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Capitol Homes: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| Slabtown (historical) | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Five Points | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Shermantown | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Summerhill | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Snake Nation (historical) | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Mechanicsville | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Cabbage Town | 1.0 miles | 21 |
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 Q122543998 | The 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 1705141. 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.