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Klondike, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lithonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30038. It stands on Stephenson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redan quadrangle.

Klondike within DeKalb County

On record in Klondike

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Klondike between 1992 and 2019, burning about 378 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 37 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 burning53
Arson/incendiarism37
Smoking15
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
29 September 2003Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ROCKDALE002
17 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DEKALB001
15 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1998Smoking1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb 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 Klondike: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lawson Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Banks QuarryGranitePast Producer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
North Georgia QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in DeKalb County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klondike in 2 storm reports in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Thunderstorm WindKlondike-Tree down along S Goddard Rd at Roundtree Ln.
January 2023Tornado (EF0)Klondike-A brief tornado touched down and dissipated quickly in the Spring Lake neighborhood off Evans Mill Rd. The tornado only traveled 100 yards within a minute, but downed |dozens of trees which fell on and damaged several homes.

Every storm recorded in DeKalb 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
Browns Mill Lake0.8 miles21
Pine Mountain2.2 miles21
Bramblewood2.5 miles23
Miners Creek2.8 miles23
Panola3.2 miles23
Burlington3.8 miles23
Cumberland Green4.0 miles23
Sheffield Woods4.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 325974. 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.

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.