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Hickory Hills, Georgia

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Buford-Sugar Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30518. The Survey maps it on the Suwanee quadrangle.

Hickory Hills within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

Fires near this place

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hills between 1992 and 2014, burning about 294 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 29 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 burning35
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarism6.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-005
18 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 2002Natural3.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GWINNETT-003
5 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-002
19 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 July 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-HALL-001
23 June 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Hills: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atlantic Steel/ Cartersville, Ga.IronProducer
Chattahoochee River PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hansard ProspectMicaProspect
Level Creek Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Settles PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Gwinnett 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sugar Hill0.8 miles20
Sugar Ridge1.2 miles20
Northwest Harbor1.7 miles21
Buford1.8 miles20
Frontier Forest1.9 miles20
Lake Lanier Vista2.3 miles21
Old Suwanee Estates2.3 miles20
Lake Forest2.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688184. 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.