BlockGresham Park, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Atlanta-Decatur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30316. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Atlanta quadrangle. 7,700 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 899 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGresham Park grew from 7,432 to 7,700 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,432 | |
| 2020 | 7,700 | +268 (+4%) |
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
- 1954 USGS Conley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southeast Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Gresham Park between 1993 and 2011, burning about 160 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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 | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
24 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gresham Park in 24 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 16 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $150,000 | WSB Television of Atlanta reported that a number of trees were down across DeKalb county. Two very large oak trees fell through the second story of a home on Mountain Oaks Parkway in Stone Mountain causing major damage to the structure. The second floor of the home was virtually completely destroyed. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $15,000 | The local broadcast media reported a large tree blown down onto a car. No injuries were reported. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $10,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that a tree was blown down onto a home on Lockland Road, approximately two miles northwest of Gresham Park. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $6,000 | The DeKalb County 911 center reported a few trees blown down from Gresham Park to Pine Lake. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $5,000 | Multiple trees down near Memorial Drive Southeast near 2nd Avenue Southeast. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $4,000 | The DeKalb County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down from the 2800 block of Alameda Trail in Gresham Park to the 5000 block of Springtree Court in Snpafinger. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $4,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported that five trees and five power lines were down across the county. WSR-88D radar data suggests that most of this likely occurred across the northern half of the county. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $2,000 | Tree down along Bouldercrest Road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $2,000 | The DeKalb County 911 Center reported a few power lines blown down south of Decatur. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down near the intersection of bouldercrest road and key road. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree down along loring court. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports a tree and wires down near the intersection of canaan court and clifton church road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $1,000 | A tree was downed along Brannen Rd SE . |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $1,000 | Public report of a tree down near intersection of Flat Shoals Ave SE and Ormewood Ave SE. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | $1,000 | The Red Cross reported a tree down on Gresham Avenue SE. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gresham Park | - | Multiple trees down on roads with multiple down on houses as well in the Candler-McAfee area and West to GA 23. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Gresham Park | - | Broadcast Media reported flash flooding on Interstate 20 near the Flat Shoals Road exit. The flash flooding was a combination of heavy rainfall ranging from 2.5 to 4 inches, poor drainage, and rises on nearby Doolittle Creek. Additionally, nearby Intrenchment Creek at Constitution Road (USGS 02203700, NWS INTG1) rose to flood stage. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | Several reports of hail up to the size of quarters were received over social media from the east Atlanta area. |
| July 2018 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | A report of quarter size hail was received on social media. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | The public observed penny to nickel-sized hail in the southwest and west central part of the county near East Lake and Decatur. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | The public observed penny-sized hail northwest of Gresham Park. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | A storm spotter observed nickel-sized hail in the far western part of the county, approximately one mile east of East Atlanta. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail in the Kirkwood and Clifton area in the southwestern part of DeKalb county. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Gresham Park | - | An employee of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia observed penny-sized hail in the far southwest corner of DeKalb county, just north of Conley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Forest Estates | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Eastland Heights | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Constitution | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Norton (historical) | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Skyline Forest | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Weather Wood | 2.0 miles | 21 | |
| Panthersville | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Blue Creek Forest | 2.3 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 Gresham Park | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1966667 | 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 1867241. 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.