McGuires, Georgia

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Snellville-Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30039. It stands on Jacks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snellville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McGuires within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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.

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
1956 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Snellville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of McGuires (historical) between 1992 and 2007, burning about 322 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 43 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	43
Recreation and ceremony	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Debris and open burning	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Natural	7
Smoking	5
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
9 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-DEKALB-001
18 September 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	3.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
31 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	2.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 August 1993	Arson/incendiarism	6.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett 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 McGuires (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, 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
Rock Chapel Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Fowler's Quarry	Granite	Past Producer
Stone Mountain Quarry	Granite	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
The Moorings	0.2 miles	22
The Landings	1.0 miles	22
Meadow Hills	1.2 miles	22
Shiloh Farms	1.2 miles	22
Monterey Acres	1.3 miles	22
Mountain Cove	1.4 miles	22
Mason Woods	1.5 miles	22
Rockbridge	1.7 miles	22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1705011. 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.