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Fairington, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lithonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30038. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle.

Fairington within DeKalb County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Fairington between 1992 and 2019, burning about 306 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 43 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/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2

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
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DEKALB001
12 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1993Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-DEKALB-003
1 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fairington: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mica. 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
Lawson Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Vaughn DepositMicaOccurrence
Big Ledge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Banks QuarryGranitePast Producer
Barber's QuarryGraniteProducer
North Georgia QuarryGraniteProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryGraniteProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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
Stonecrest0.4 miles23
Belmont1.6 miles23
Bramblewood1.8 miles23
Salem West1.9 miles23
Woodstream2.0 miles23
Snapfinger2.2 miles23
Burlington2.3 miles23
Sheffield Woods2.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687379. 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.