BlockLakewood Heights, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30315. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle.
On record in Lakewood Heights
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.
Trio Steam Laundrylisted 1997 · 0.9 miles away- Lakewood Heights Historic Districtlisted 2002 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS East Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Lakewood Heights between 1993 and 2011, burning about 72 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 May 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-FULTON SOUTH-002 |
| 14 April 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Browns Mill | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cornell | 1.4 miles | 21 | |
| Rosedale Heights | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Thomasville | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Peoplestown | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Capitol View | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Orchard Knob | 2.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332173. 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.