Compton Woods, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30052. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loganville quadrangle.

Compton Woods within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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.

1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Loganville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Compton Woods between 1992 and 2018, burning about 319 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 25 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	40
Arson/incendiarism	25
Misuse of fire by a minor	19
Recreation and ceremony	12
Smoking	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
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
7 September 2018	Recreation and ceremony	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2019GWINNETT001
6 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-WALTON-004
23 September 2012	Arson/incendiarism	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-WALTON-001
2 September 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 1996	Recreation and ceremony	18 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1997	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett 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 Compton Woods: 2 producers. 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
	Grayson Granite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
	Grayson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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
Rose Garden	0.8 miles	16
Lake Carlton	1.1 miles	16
Summit Chase	1.5 miles	16
Sunny Acres	1.9 miles	16
The Station	2.1 miles	16
Walkers Park	2.1 miles	16
Falcon Ridge	2.4 miles	16
Abington Park	2.7 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688081. 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.