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Lake Carlton, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30052. The Survey maps it on the Loganville quadrangle.

Lake Carlton within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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 Lake Carlton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 277 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 burning36
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
7 September 2018Recreation and ceremony2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019GWINNETT001
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALTON-004
2 September 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1997Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GWINNETT SOUTH-002
24 August 2002Debris and open burning18 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALTON-002
2 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lake Carlton: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grayson Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grayson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Sunny Acres1.0 miles16
Compton Woods1.1 miles16
Summit Chase1.6 miles16
Rose Garden1.9 miles16
Willow Wind2.3 miles16
Falcon Ridge2.5 miles16
Walkers Park2.7 miles16
Graystone2.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688214. 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.