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Cordova, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Forest Park-Morrow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30274. It stands on Jester Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle.

Cordova within Clayton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Cordova between 1992 and 2016, burning about 276 acres in total. None started naturally. 50 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/incendiarism50
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-002
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-001
2 September 1997Arson/incendiarism8.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cordova: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Forest Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Clayton 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
Camelot0.2 miles21
Mockingbird Hill0.4 miles21
Wilkshire Estates0.6 miles21
Spring Valley0.8 miles21
Sherwood Forest0.8 miles21
Chase Woods0.9 miles21
Green Valley Estates1.0 miles21
Briargate1.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1672412. 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.