BlockOrchard Knob, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30354. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 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
- 1954 USGS East Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Southwest Atlanta quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Orchard Knob between 1993 and 2016, burning about 122 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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 | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CLAYTON-002 |
| 18 July 2000 | Smoking | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CLAYTON-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedale Heights | 0.5 miles | 23 | |
| Browns Mill | 0.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cornell | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Hammond Park | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Blair Village | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Gilbert Gardens | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Plunket Town | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Haasville (historical) | 1.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1694940. 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.