BlockHighland Park, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31406. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.
On record in Highland Park
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Fairway Oaks-Greenview Historic Districtlisted 2009 · 0.9 miles away
- Kensington Park-Groveland Historic Districtlisted 2014 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1942 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Highland Park between 1992 and 2017, burning about 605 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 28 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATHAM-002 |
| 25 August 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CHATHAM-004 |
| 26 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 June 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Highland Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Fairway Oaks | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Habersham Woods | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kensington Park | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Grove Park | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Chippewa Terrace | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Groveland | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Magnolia Park | 1.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331981. 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.