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Fairfield Glen, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Stockbridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30294. It stands on Stanley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stockbridge quadrangle.

Fairfield Glen within Henry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Fairfield Glen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 479 acres in total. None started naturally. 26 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 burning71
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
23 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021HENRY001
24 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 August 1993Debris and open burning2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021CLAYTON001
24 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1993Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henry 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
Autumn Chase0.3 miles18
Fay (historical)0.4 miles18
Strawberry Hills0.4 miles23
Panola Woods0.5 miles23
Scarbrough Cross Roads0.8 miles23
Fairview Station1.0 miles18
Belmount Farms1.1 miles18
Del Pines1.2 miles23

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 Q122556626The 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 1671864. 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.