Kings Point, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bill Arp census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30135. It stands on Baldwin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle.

Kings Point within Douglas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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.

1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1973 USGS Winston quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Kings Point between 1992 and 2019, burning about 538 acres in total. 2 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 burning	39
Arson/incendiarism	29
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Recreation and ceremony	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Smoking	2
Natural	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
5 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-DOUGLAS-001
31 August 1993	Debris and open burning	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 August 2007	Natural	5.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 1995	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 July 2012	Natural	4.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-DOUGLAS-001
4 July 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 July 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kings Point: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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	Recorded
Circle P Ranch Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Douglasville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
No Name	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Douglas 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
Shallowford Heights	0.3 miles	17
Orchard Park	0.5 miles	17
Kings West	0.7 miles	17
Woods Valley	0.9 miles	17
West Lake	0.9 miles	17
Johnson Land	1.0 miles	17
Aline Estates	1.0 miles	17
Fouts Mill	1.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686500. 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.