Redfield, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chamblee-Doraville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30338. The Survey maps it on the Chamblee quadrangle.

Redfield within DeKalb County

On record in Redfield

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.

Cheek-Spruill Houselisted 2000 · 0.8 miles away

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.

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 Chamblee quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
1993 USGS Chamblee quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

10 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Redfield between 1993 and 2016, burning about 46 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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	3
Debris and open burning	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Recreation and ceremony	2
Natural	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
21 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	VICKERY
13 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 June 1996	Recreation and ceremony	3.0 acres	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	VICKERY
18 April 1996	Arson/incendiarism	5.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 April 1994	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.5 acres	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	GOODFRIDAY
4 March 1994	Recreation and ceremony	1.2 acres	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	GOLDBRANCH
12 March 2005	Misuse of fire by a minor	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 October 2016	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FULTON NORTH-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Redfield: 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Roswell Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Fuller Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Lizzard Lope	Gold	Prospect	Placer
Mason (Gold)	Gold	Prospect	Placer
No Name	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Seven Branch	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

Every working recorded in DeKalb 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wynterhall	0.3 miles	21
Dunwoody Knoll	0.4 miles	21
Oak Point	0.4 miles	21
Verdon Forest	0.4 miles	21
Fairfield	0.4 miles	21
Hidden Branches	0.5 miles	21
Dunwoody West	0.6 miles	21
North Point	0.6 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687498. 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.