BlockConstitution, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30316. It stands on Intrenchment Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Atlanta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Conley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Constitution between 1993 and 2011, burning about 160 acres in total. None started naturally. 19 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/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CLAYTON-002 |
| 20 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Constitution in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 7 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $30,000 | The public reported minor flooding of residential yards along portions of Snapfinger, Cobb, Shoal, Intrenchment and Stone Mountain Creeks in portions of central and south DeKalb County. The overflow of water from Snapfinger Creek flooded several cars in the Redan Village Apartments complex off of Redan Road. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Constitution | $10,000 | WSB Television, Channel 2 of Atlanta, reported that a tree fell on a home on Bouldercrest Road one mile north of Cedar Grove causing minor damage to the structure. |
| January 2014 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $3,000 | The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Intrenchment Creek at Constitution Road reached flood stage of 11 feet. The creek crest at 11.2 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and natural flood plain along the creek. |
| January 2015 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $2,000 | The stage height at a USGS stream gage on the Intrenchment Creek at Constitution Road around 6 miles southeast of Atlanta reached flood stage of 11 feet. The creek crest at 11.3 feet. Minor flooding of the woodlands and natural flood plain occurred along the creek. |
| January 2015 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $2,000 | The upper reaches of Shoal Creek near Panthersville had minor flooding in the woodlands and natural flood plain along the creek upstream from Columbia Drive. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $2,000 | The stage height rapidly rose to a flood stage of 11 feet on a USGS stream gage around 6 miles southeast of Atlanta on the Intrenchment Creek. The creek crest at 11.9 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and natural flood plain of the creek upstream and downstream from the gage at Constitution Road. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $2,000 | The USGS stream gauge on the Intrenchment Creek at Constitution Road reached flood stage of 11 feet. The creek crest at 11.1 feet. Minor flooding occurred in the woodlands and natural flood plain of the creek upstream and downstream from the gauge. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Constitution | $2,000 | The USGS stream gage on Intrenchment Creek in southeast Atlanta reached its flood stage of 11 feet at 112 pm EDT. The creek continued to rise and crested at 11.8 feet at 145 pm EDT. The creek fell below flood stage at 219 pm EDT. Damage was confined to minor debris removal near the creek. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Constitution | $1,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that three trees were down near Bouldercrest Road in the southwest part of the county in the Candler-McAfee/Cedar Grove area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton (historical) | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Whitehall Forest Estates | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Henrico | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Gresham Park | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Eastland Heights | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Cherokee Forest | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Skyline Forest | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Weather Wood | 2.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331451. 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.