BlockCharlotte Woods, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jonesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30236. It stands on Jester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jonesboro quadrangle.
On record in Charlotte Woods
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Jonesboro Historic Districtlisted 1972 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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 Jonesboro quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Charlotte Woods between 1992 and 2016, burning about 292 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Inlet | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Jonesboro | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Jarrard | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Tara | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Embrey Hills | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Sussex Manor | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Marlborough | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Barcelona Estates | 1.4 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 Q122563183 | 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 1672394. 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.