Grove Park, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30318. It stands on English Avenue Tributary. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Atlanta quadrangle.

Grove Park within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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.

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 Bolton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1954 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
1997 USGS Northwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Grove Park between 1992 and 2019, burning about 15 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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	6
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
26 July 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 July 2019	Arson/incendiarism	2.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020FULTON SOUTH001
5 May 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 April 2014	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-COBB-001
19 February 1992	Debris and open burning	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 February 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-COBB-001
7 November 2005	Debris and open burning	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 November 2016	Recreation and ceremony	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FULTON NORTH-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Grove Park: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Atlanta Cement Plant	Stone	Producer
Bellwood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Alanta Brick & Tile Co. Pit	Clay	Past Producer
Dredge No. 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Plant No. 7	Clay	Past Producer
Sandy Creek Mine	Clay	Producer
Stamps Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Stamps Mine No 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Simsville	0.7 miles	24
Rockdale	1.1 miles	24
Battle Hill Haven	1.2 miles	24
Center Hill	1.4 miles	24
Carey Park	1.6 miles	24
English Avenue Neighborhood	1.7 miles	24
Bellwood	1.8 miles	24
Ellen	1.9 miles	24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331880. 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.