Graystone North, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30017. The Survey maps it on the Lawrenceville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Lawrenceville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Graystone North between 1992 and 2016, burning about 288 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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 | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GWINNETT SOUTH-002 |
| 21 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GWINNETT-005 |
| 20 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehurst Trace | 0.4 miles | 18 | |
| Waterton | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Graystone | 0.7 miles | 18 | |
| Cotton Creek | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fairfield Farms | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Falcon Ridge | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Saddle Club Estates | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bridgewater | 2.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122590096 | 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 1688158. 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.









