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Clarkedale, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30605. The Survey maps it on the Athens East quadrangle.

Clarkedale within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Clarkedale between 1992 and 2016, burning about 256 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 35 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/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-OCONEE-002
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-CLARKE-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clarkedale: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Athens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke 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
Green Acres0.3 miles13
Ashton Place0.4 miles13
Ansley Park0.4 miles13
Crestwood Estates0.6 miles13
Snapfinger0.6 miles13
University Heights0.8 miles13
Cedar Bluff0.9 miles13
River Hill East0.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672703. 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.