Deerfield, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30350. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chamblee quadrangle.

Deerfield within Fulton 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.

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 Chamblee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Chamblee quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Deerfield between 1992 and 2016, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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	6
Debris and open burning	5
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
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
15 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1993	Recreation and ceremony	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 July 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 May 1994	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 May 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 May 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 April 1996	Arson/incendiarism	5.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Deerfield: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Roswell Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Lizzard Lope	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Mason (Gold)	Gold	Prospect	Placer
No Name	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Seven Branch	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saint Andrews	0.5 miles	21
River Bluff	1.1 miles	21
Riversong	1.2 miles	21
Spalding Hills	1.5 miles	21
Rivergate	1.6 miles	21
Lake Villas	1.8 miles	21
Horseshoe Bend	2.2 miles	21
Newtown	4.3 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694798. 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.