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Fife, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Fairburn-Union City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30213. The Survey maps it on the Fairburn quadrangle.

Fife within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Fife between 1992 and 2019, burning about 547 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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 burning44
Arson/incendiarism32
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FAYETTE001
20 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019FULTON SOUTH001
16 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FAYETTE-001
2 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002
17 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FAYETTE-002
8 July 1993Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Fife: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Wilson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Scott Development QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fife in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013HailFife-The public reported quarter sized hail in Union City.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Gledstone Hills1.0 miles19
Christian Corners1.9 miles19
The Woods2.0 miles19
Shannon Chase2.4 miles19
Fairburn2.9 miles19
Rebecca Lake Estates3.1 miles21
Deerwood Park3.2 miles21
Brandon Hill3.3 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331708. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.