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Cherrywood, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30294. It stands on Clarks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle.

Cherrywood within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Cherrywood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 362 acres in total. None started naturally. 34 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
Debris and open burning44
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
23 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021HENRY001
10 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021CLAYTON001
24 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb 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
East Glen0.3 miles23
Chimney Ridge0.6 miles23
Lincolndale0.7 miles21
River Run0.8 miles23
Royal Oaks0.9 miles23
Riverchase1.3 miles23
Brook Glen1.3 miles23
Riverside Station1.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687534. 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.