Old Suwanee Estates, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Buford-Sugar Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30518. The Survey maps it on the Suwanee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Old Suwanee Estates between 1992 and 2018, burning about 317 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 31 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HALL-005 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 5.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GWINNETT-003 |
| 2 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Old Suwanee Estates: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level Creek Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Chattahoochee River Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shakerag Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier Forest | 0.5 miles | 20 | |
| Carrols Crossing | 1.3 miles | 20 | |
| Sugar Hill | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Rock Creek Estates | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Gravel Springs | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Woodbriar East | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Hills | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| North Pointe | 2.4 miles | 20 |
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 Q122552857 | The 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 1688293. 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.









