Laurel Heights, 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. The Survey maps it on the Winston quadrangle.

Laurel Heights 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Laurel Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 611 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 38 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	46
Arson/incendiarism	38
Recreation and ceremony	9
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Natural	3

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
26 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	18 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 August 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-DOUGLAS-001
24 August 2007	Natural	5.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 August 1993	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	3.9 acres	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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Douglas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Laurel Heights: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 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
No Name, Lot 77 2nd Dist.	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

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
Seminole Valley	0.6 miles	17
Johnson Land	0.7 miles	17
Glen Ridge	0.8 miles	17
Montage Manor	0.9 miles	17
West Lake	0.9 miles	17
White Oak Estates	0.9 miles	17
Woods Valley	1.1 miles	17
Imperial Estates	1.2 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686502. 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.