BlockEast Lake, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30317. It stands on Shoal Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northeast Atlanta quadrangle.
On record in East Lake
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
William T. Gentry Houselisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
Robert A. Alston Houselisted 2004 · 0.4 miles away
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Childrenlisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Childrenlisted 2004 · 0.5 miles away
William and Minnie Pearce Houselisted 2012 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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
- 1954 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Northeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Northeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Northeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of East Lake between 1993 and 2007, burning about 23 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 May 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 April 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 1993 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lake Highlands | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Oakhurst | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| South Kirkwood | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Kirkwood | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Comfort Hill | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Glenwood Hills | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| North Kirkwood | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Decatur | 1.6 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331622. 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.