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Deep Creek Acres, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30349. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ben Hill quadrangle.

Deep Creek Acres within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 496 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 40 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 burning45
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH003
16 September 2019Natural27 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FULTON SOUTH002
15 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-FULTON SOUTH-001
13 September 2003Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Debris and open burning4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Deep Creek Acres: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Douglas County Clay MineClayProducer
Anders DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Johnston & Garrett MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stovall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Suggs DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilson Pit and DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Cliftondale0.9 miles19
Holly Brook1.0 miles19
Tell1.4 miles19
Pontevedra1.7 miles19
Enon1.8 miles19
Corn Creek Cove1.9 miles17
Big Creek2.0 miles19
Suffolk Downs2.3 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122549235The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704492. 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.