BlockFernwood, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Peachtree City-Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30269. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Tyrone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 208 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COWETA004 |
| 1 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-COWETA-003 |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FAYETTE-002 |
| 17 August 1995 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FAYETTE-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fernwood: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Mcelwaney Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Tyrone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windgate Forest | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fetlock Meadows | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Raintree East | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Whitfield Farms | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Overlook | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Belle Grove | 0.5 miles | 9 | |
| Stevens Forest | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Shadowood | 0.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687760. 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.