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Peachtree North, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Norcross census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30071. The Survey maps it on the Norcross quadrangle.

Peachtree North within Gwinnett County

On record in Peachtree North

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Peachtree North between 1992 and 2013, burning about 124 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 22 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/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
13 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresChattahoochee River National Recreation AreaCHAT004217
21 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 1993Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 1994Arson/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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Peachtree North: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
McclureGoldProspectPlacer
Norcross QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Norcross ShopsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Norcross0.6 miles21
Edgemoor1.3 miles21
Pinckneyville (historical)1.3 miles21
Sheffield Forest1.4 miles21
Peachtree Corners1.5 miles21
The Corners1.7 miles21
Beaverdam (historical)1.7 miles21
Overlook1.7 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 Q122557330The 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 1688304. 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.