Pittsburg, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Tucker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30340. It stands on Lucky Shoals Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norcross quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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
- 1956 USGS Norcross quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Norcross quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Pittsburg between 1992 and 2005, burning about 101 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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 | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 July 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 June 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pittsburg: 2 producers. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norcross Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Norcross Shops | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittsburg in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pittsburg | $60,000 | The DeKalb County Emergency Manager and the local broadcast media reported dozens of trees and a few power lines blown down in the Embry Hills area along Embry Hills Drive. A wind gust of 57 mph was measured by Georgia DOT equipment in this area as well. Some trees fell onto homes and automobiles. |
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Pittsburg | $10,000 | The DeKalb County emergency manager reported an apartment off of Lansbury Village Drive was flooded with several inches of water by Peachtree Branch overflowing its banks. Also the upper end of the North Fork Peachtree Creek in the Doraville area experienced minor flooding. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Pittsburg | - | The attendant at a gas station at the corner of Stonecrest Court and Chamblee Tucker Road reported quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Habersham | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Sterling Acres | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Tucker | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Embry Hills | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Mountain Woods | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Cambridge Square | 3.0 miles | 21 | |
| Patriots Hill | 3.3 miles | 24 | |
| Buchanan (historical) | 3.3 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pittsburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7199169 | 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 332701. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









