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Park South, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the East Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30349. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle.

Park South within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Park South between 1992 and 2019, burning about 232 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 36 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/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning24
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1993Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2002Debris and open burning7.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FULTON SOUTH-001
4 August 2007Smoking1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FULTON SOUTH-002
17 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Park South: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Ben Hill Div. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Red Oak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Scott Development QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Castilian Heights0.3 miles23
Red Oak0.5 miles21
Sun Valley0.5 miles23
Red Wing Cove0.5 miles23
Cooks Crossing1.1 miles23
Jamestown Court1.4 miles23
Sunrise1.6 miles19
Malibu1.6 miles21

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 Q122550717The 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 1694942. 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.