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Purcell Valley, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lawrenceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30043. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Luxomni quadrangle.

Purcell Valley within Gwinnett County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Purcell Valley between 1992 and 2017, burning about 272 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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/incendiarism47
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Arson/incendiarism7.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gwinnett County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Purcell Valley: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Dixie Blue QuarryGraniteProducer
Galite #1Stone, 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
Jackson Township0.5 miles21
Rambling Woods0.6 miles21
River Colony0.8 miles21
Friendly Village of Crooked Creek1.4 miles21
Steeplechase1.6 miles21
Oakland North1.8 miles21
Fairview Station1.8 miles21
Hunting Creek1.9 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 Q122592555The 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 1688318. 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.