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Sandy Creek, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Peachtree City-Tyrone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30214. The Survey maps it on the Tyrone quadrangle.

Sandy Creek within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 635 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning48
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Smoking5
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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
9 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FAYETTE001
16 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 2014Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-FAYETTE-001
29 August 2011Debris and open burning24 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-COWETA-004
17 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2016Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-FAYETTE-001
16 August 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-FAYETTE-002
7 July 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Sandy Creek: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Tyrone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Sandy Ridge Estates0.4 miles19
Lees Mill1.7 miles19
Briarhill1.7 miles9
Bethany2.1 miles19
Stop2.1 miles9
River Forest2.2 miles19
Tyrone Acres2.3 miles9
Timberidge2.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687911. 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.