BlockGranada, Georgia
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30349. It stands on North Fork Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ben Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Ben Hill quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Ben Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of Granada between 1992 and 2019, burning about 256 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 7.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001 |
| 4 August 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002 |
| 14 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 July 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Granada: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Hill Div. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Red Oak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Red Wing Cove | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Castilian Heights | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Park South | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Red Oak | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Sun Valley | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Sherbrook Forest | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Pontevedra | 2.6 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704523. 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.