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Morris Estates, Georgia

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boynton Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30736. It lies near Peavine Valley. The Survey maps it on the East Ridge quadrangle.

Morris Estates within Catoosa County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

335 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Morris Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 407 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 45 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 burning174
Arson/incendiarism45
Equipment and vehicle use35
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Smoking18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-006
6 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-CATOOSA-007
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CATOOSA-009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Catoosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Morris Estates: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite. 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
Shofner Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite
Shofner Barite ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Clark QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Graysville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hales QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Catoosa 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
Boyd Highlands0.5 miles28
Foster Hills0.5 miles28
New Liberty1.1 miles28
Indian Springs1.4 miles28
Blevins Acre1.7 miles28
Swanson Mill1.7 miles28
Summit Hill1.7 miles28
Cinderella Hills1.9 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332422. 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.