Cheney, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the East Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30344. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cheney within Fulton County

On record in Cheney

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.

East Point Industrial Districtlisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Cheney (historical) between 1992 and 2013, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Debris and open burning	1
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
4 August 2007	Smoking	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 August 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 August 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 August 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 July 1995	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 May 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-FULTON SOUTH-002
2 April 1994	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 April 1992	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Cheney (historical): 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
	Ben Hill Div. Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Knott (historical)	0.4 miles	23
East Point	0.7 miles	23
Fort McPherson	1.2 miles	23
Forrest Park	1.3 miles	23
Elmwood	1.6 miles	23
Sylvan Hills	1.7 miles	23
Eagan Park	1.8 miles	23
Adams Park	1.9 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704930. 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.