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Levgard Estates, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Riverdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30296. It stands on Eagles Brook. The Survey maps it on the Riverdale quadrangle.

Levgard Estates within Clayton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Levgard Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 258 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 54 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/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Natural1

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
9 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FAYETTE001
14 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001
4 August 2007Smoking1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002
17 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clayton 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 Levgard Estates: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 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
Forest Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red Oak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scott Development QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clayton 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
Camp Valley Estates0.1 miles21
Lynley Estates0.2 miles21
Hollydale0.3 miles21
Ashland Estates0.4 miles21
Valley Forest0.5 miles21
Thornhedge0.5 miles21
Laurelwood0.6 miles21
Kings Forest0.6 miles21

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122559259The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688464. 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.