BlockCheviot Hills, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fairplay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30187. The Survey maps it on the Rico quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rico quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Cheviot Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 761 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 27 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 | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2019 | Natural | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CARROLL004 |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CARROLL-005 |
| 21 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-CARROLL-002 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Andrews Country Club Estates | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Links of Leith | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hollis Heights | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Tyree | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fairplay | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| McWhorter | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| River West | 1.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686562. 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.