BlockFive Forks, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luxomni quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Luxomni quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Luxomni quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Luxomni quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Five Forks between 1992 and 2007, burning about 184 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GWINNETT-005 |
| 2 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Forks in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Forks | $18,000 | The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto a house on McDaniels Bridge Road and power lines blown down on Lamar Way. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Forks | $15,000 | The Gwinnett County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down including one on a house on Nathan Court in Lilburn and one on power lines at Hillside Drive and Grayson Highway northwest of Grayson. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Forks | - | Powerlines down near intersection of Rainbow Circle SW and Hewatt Rd SW. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Forks | - | Report of powerlines down near intersection of Willow Walk SW and Kensington High St. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Forks | - | Report of powerlines down near intersection of Parkwood Rd SW and Birchwood Trail SW. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Oak | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Emerald Forest | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Ansley Brook | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Brookwood Manor | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Country Square | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Coopers Pond | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Yellow River (historical) | 1.5 miles | 22 | |
| Cricket Hill | 1.6 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Five Forks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5455931 | The 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 331713. 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.
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.