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Norris Lake Shores, 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 No Business Creek. The Survey maps it on the Snellville quadrangle.

Norris Lake Shores 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.

Fires near this place

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Norris Lake Shores between 1992 and 2019, burning about 454 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 46 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/incendiarism46
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Recreation and ceremony15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking5

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
4 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-DEKALB-001
20 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ROCKDALE-003
1 September 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-ROCKDALE-002
8 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Norris Lake Shores: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Ledge QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rock Chapel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Barber's QuarryGraniteProducer
Fowler's QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pine Mountain QuarryGraniteProducer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Pine Mountain QuarryGranitePast Producer
Reagin QuarryGraniteProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Rock Bridge1.0 miles22
Brandington Forest1.4 miles22
Innsbrook West1.6 miles22
Caleb1.6 miles22
Innsbrook2.1 miles22
Mountain Cove2.1 miles22
Laurel Creek2.2 miles22
Summer Place2.6 miles22

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 Q122552855The 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 1688273. 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.