BlockCrossgate, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Northeast Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30068. It stands on Sewell Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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
- 1955 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Sandy Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Crossgate between 1992 and 2019, burning about 49 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | AKERS MILL |
| 25 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | POWERSFERY |
| 17 April 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area | PALISADES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hills | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Ashebrook | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Sibley Forest | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Seven Springs | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Princeton Walk | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Greyfield | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Salem Woods | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Millridge | 2.2 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686334. 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.