BlockChestatee, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Chestatee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. The Survey maps it on the Chestatee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Chestatee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
197 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Chestatee between 1992 and 2018, burning about 282 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FORSYTH-002 |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HALL-002 |
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chestatee in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestatee | $25,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 20 trees were down across the county. Power lines were down on Keith Bridge and Browns Bridge Roads in the northeast part of the county. Georgia Highway 369 at Browns Bridge Road was closed because of downed trees. Power lines were also down on Wallace Tatum Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestatee | $6,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported several trees down in two nearby locations. The first area was along Dunroven Way and the second area of damage was near the intersection of Settingdown Road and Hampton Park Drive in Coal Mountain, both in the northern part of the county. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestatee | $5,000 | The Forsyth County Emergency Management Director reported that six power lines were down, possibly some from downed trees, on A. C. Smith Road in the far northeast part of the county near the Lumpkin county line. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Chestatee | $3,000 | The Forsyth County emergency manager reported a drainage branch flowing into Fourmile Creek just west of Chestatee was overflowing a portion of Grindle Road. The road was closed due to flooding just north of Georgia Highway 306. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestatee | $2,500 | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported that seven to ten trees were blown down in the Old Keiths Bridge Road, Perry Road, and Truman Mountain Road area. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Chestatee | - | Quarter sized hail reported near gracen drive. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chestatee | - | Reports on social media show a large carport/awning was sheared and collapsed off the side of a building along Browns Bridge Rd. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Chestatee | - | The Forsyth County Emergency Manager reported dime-sized hail near the intersection of State Highway 306 and Leland Drive. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Chestatee | - | The public reported penny to nickel-sized hail just west of the Hall county line in extreme eastern Forsyth 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscarville | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Coal Mountain | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dunn | 7.8 miles | 21 | |
| Matt | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Pirkle Woods | 8.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cumming | 9.6 miles | 21 | |
| Hightower | 11.4 miles | 22 | |
| Heardville | 12.6 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 312624. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.