BlockCottonwood, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Fayetteville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30214. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Cottonwood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 125 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FAYETTE-001 |
| 8 July 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntington Creek | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Greenlea | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Blakely Woods | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fernway Estates | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Winterthur Woods | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Ponderosa | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Acres | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Fenwyck | 1.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687712. 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.